GLSA-200711-21 : Bochs: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 28260

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200711-21 (Bochs: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered a heap-based overflow vulnerability in the NE2000 driver (CVE-2007-2893). He also discovered a divide-by-zero error in the emulated floppy disk controller (CVE-2007-2894).
Impact :

A local attacker in the guest operating system could exploit these issues to execute code outside of the virtual machine, or cause Bochs to crash.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Bochs users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/bochs-2.3'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28260

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200711-21.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bochs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2893, CVE-2007-2894

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200711-21

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