AlmaLinux 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2024:4351)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201947

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:4351 advisory.

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.

Security Fix:

* virt:rhel/libvirt: stack use-after-free in virNetClientIOEventLoop (CVE-2024-4418)

Bug fix:

* virsh destroy with --graceful destroyed a paused guest (qemu process paused by SIGSTOP) (JIRA:AlmaLinux-36064)

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/8/ALSA-2024-4351.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201947

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-4351.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 7/8/2024

Updated: 7/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4418

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-winsupport, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libiscsi-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libnbd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libnbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-config-network, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-dbus, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-nss, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdfuse, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:netcf-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-libnbd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ocaml-libnbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-sys-virt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-libnbd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-hivex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sgabios, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:sgabios-bin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-basic-filters, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-curl-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-example-plugins, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-gzip-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-server, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-ssh-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-vddk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-xz-filter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:seabios, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:seabios-bin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:seavgabios-bin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:supermin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:supermin-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-daemon-kvm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-gobject, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-inspect-icons, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-java, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-java-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-man-pages-uk, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-rescue, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-rsync, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-tools-c, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-xfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:lua-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-sys-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:virt-dib, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:virt-v2v, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libguestfs-appliance, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libnbd-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libtpms, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libtpms-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libvirt-wireshark, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-gzip-filter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-nbd-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-tar-filter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-tar-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nbdkit-tmpdisk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:qemu-kvm-ui-spice, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:swtpm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:swtpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:swtpm-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:swtpm-tools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:swtpm-tools-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:virt-v2v-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:virt-v2v-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:virt-v2v-man-pages-uk, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:slof, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4418

CWE: 362, 416