Debian dla-3759 : qemu - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 191790

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3759 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3759-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk March 11, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : qemu Version : 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 CVE ID : CVE-2023-2861 CVE-2023-3354 CVE-2023-5088

Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in the machine emulator and virtualizer QEMU.

CVE-2023-2861

9pfs did not prohibit opening special files on the host side

CVE-2023-3354

remote unauthenticated clients could cause denial of service in VNC server

CVE-2023-5088

IDE guest I/O operation addressed to an arbitrary disk offset might get targeted to offset 0 instead

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.

For the detailed security status of qemu please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/qemu

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the qemu packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191790

File Name: debian_DLA-3759.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/11/2024

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2861

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-user-static, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-sparc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-arm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-ppc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-x86, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-block-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-gui, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-user, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-misc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system-mips, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-user-binfmt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2861, CVE-2023-3354, CVE-2023-5088

IAVB: 2023-B-0058-S, 2023-B-0073-S, 2024-B-0022-S

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