Rocky Linux 9 : libvirt (RLSA-2023:3715)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180396

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:3715 advisory.

- A vulnerability was found in libvirt. This security flaw ouccers due to repeatedly querying an SR-IOV PCI device's capabilities that exposes a memory leak caused by a failure to free the virPCIVirtualFunction array within the parent struct's g_autoptr cleanup. (CVE-2023-2700)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180396

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-3715.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/31/2023

Updated: 8/31/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2700

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-client-qemu, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-config-network, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-nss, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-nss-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-daemon-kvm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-docs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libvirt-libs-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2700

Detections

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