AlmaLinux 9 : qemu-kvm (ALSA-2024:4278)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201544

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:4278 advisory.

* qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

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

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.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-4278.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201544

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-4278.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4467

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-guest-agent, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-docs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-common, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-tools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4467

CWE: 20, 200, 400