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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: qemu (CVE-2023-6693)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233404

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of qemu installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-6693 advisory.

 - A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak. (CVE-2023-6693)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6693

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233404

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-6693.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/27/2025

Updated: 3/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6693

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-avr, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-arm-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-alpha-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-avr-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-block-dmg, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-block-nfs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-docs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-cris, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-user, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-x86-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-ipxe, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-tools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-user-binfmt, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-common, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-tests, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-usb-smartcard, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-x86, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-virtiofsd, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-arm, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-ui-curses, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-aarch64-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-audio-oss, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-audio-alsa, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-system-alpha, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-ui-gtk, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-display-vhost-user-gpu, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:qemu-kvm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6693

IAVB: 2024-B-0070-S