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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: qemu (CVE-2023-3019)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234595

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-2023-3019 advisory.

 - A DMA reentrancy issue leading to a use-after-free error was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code in QEMU. This issue could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3019)

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-2023-3019

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234595

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-3019.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/18/2025

Updated: 4/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-3019

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/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: 4/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-3019

IAVB: 2023-B-0058-S