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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2024:2983-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205995

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2983-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-4467: Fixed denial of service and file read/write via qemu-img info command (bsc#1227322)
 - CVE-2024-7409: Fixed denial of service via improper synchronization in QEMU NBD Server during socket closure (bsc#1229007)
 * nbd/server: Close stray clients at server-stop
 * nbd/server: Drop non-negotiating clients
 * nbd/server: Cap default max-connections to 100
 * nbd/server: Plumb in new args to nbd_client_add()
 * nbd: Minor style and typo fixes

 - Update qemu to version 8.2.6

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227322

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229007

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-August/036644.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4467

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7409

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205995

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2983-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/21/2024

Updated: 9/26/2024

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: 6.7

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:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-accel-tcg-x86, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-spice, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-usb-smartcard, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-alsa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ppc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-display-qxl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ivshmem-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-slof, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-chardev-baum, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ksm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-pipewire, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-spice-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-chardev-spice, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-microvm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-s390x, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-linux-user, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-nfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-seabios, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-dbus, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ipxe, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-skiboot, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-dbus, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-arm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-vgabios, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-pa, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-x86, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-oss, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-spice, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-dmg, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-jack, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-accel-qtest, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-headless, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-vhost-user-gpu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-spice-app, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-iscsi

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4467, CVE-2024-7409

IAVB: 2024-B-0121-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2983-1