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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2024:3744-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 209545

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3744-1 advisory.

 Security fixes:

 - CVE-2024-8354: Fixed assertion failure in usb_ep_get() (bsc#1230834)
 - CVE-2024-8612: Fixed information leak in virtio devices (bsc#1230915)

 Update version to 8.2.7:

 Security fixes:

 - CVE-2024-7409: Fixed denial of service via improper synchronization in QEMU NBD Server during socket closure (bsc#1229007)
 - CVE-2024-4693: Fixed improper release of configure vector in virtio-pci that lead to guest triggerable crash (bsc#1224132)

 Other fixes:

 - added missing fix for ppc64 emulation that caused corruption in userspace (bsc#1230140)
 - target/ppc: Fix lxvx/stxvx facility check (bsc#1229929)
 - accel/kvm: check for KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM on VM (bsc#1231519)

 Full changelog here:

 https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/[email protected]/

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/1229007

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224132

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229929

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230140

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230834

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230915

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231519

http://www.nessus.org/u?f292b887

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4693

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8354

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8612

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 209545

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3744-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2024

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8612

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

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-audio-alsa, 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-chardev-baum, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-slof, 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-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu, 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-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-spice, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-hw-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-headless, 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: 10/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4693, CVE-2024-7409, CVE-2024-8354, CVE-2024-8612

IAVB: 2024-B-0070-S, 2024-B-0121-S, 2024-B-0141

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3744-1