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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: qemu (CVE-2023-5088)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233407

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-2023-5088 advisory.

 - A bug in QEMU could cause a guest I/O operation otherwise addressed to an arbitrary disk offset to be targeted to offset 0 instead (potentially overwriting the VM's boot code). This could be used, for example, by L2 guests with a virtual disk (vdiskL2) stored on a virtual disk of an L1 (vdiskL1) hypervisor to read and/or write data to LBA 0 of vdiskL1, potentially gaining control of L1 at its next reboot.
 (CVE-2023-5088)

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-2023-5088

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233407

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-5088.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/27/2025

Updated: 3/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5088

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: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: 11/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5088

IAVB: 2024-B-0022-S