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RHEL 9 : libvirt (RHSA-2024:9128)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 210789
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libvirt.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:9128 advisory.Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution forLinux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packageswhich 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(es):
* libvirt: Crash of virtinterfaced via virConnectListInterfaces() (CVE-2024-8235)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL libvirt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:9128.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?bb08292d
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308680
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-16333
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-22728
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-23416
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-23608
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-23833
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-25993
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-26276
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-29642
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-30373
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-30622
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-32182
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-32880
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-33044
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-33082
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-34112
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-34615
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-35879
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-36565
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-36721
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-37542
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-39271
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-39400
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-39497
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-40135
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-40899
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-43309
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-46099
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-46868
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-49516
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-50329
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-53560
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-56451
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-7101
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-7108
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-7343
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-7461
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-7489
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 210789
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-9128.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/12/2024
Updated: 11/12/2024
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: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2024-8235
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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-proxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-lock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-plugin-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-log, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-nss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-config-network, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-client-qemu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-plugin-lockd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-ssh-proxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
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: 11/12/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-8235