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RHEL 7 : qemu-kvm-rhev (RHSA-2016:2706)
high Nessus Plugin ID 193834
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2706 advisory.- Qemu: OOB access in address_space_rw leads to segmentation fault (CVE-2015-8817, CVE-2015-8818)
- Qemu: net: out of bounds read in net_checksum_calculate() (CVE-2016-2857)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1374369
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386377
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 193834
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-2706.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/24/2024
Updated: 4/24/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.6
Temporal Score: 2.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2857
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.4
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-rhev
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2016