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openSUSE Security Update : kvm (kvm-412)
high Nessus Plugin ID 40254
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
Rogue VNC clients could make the built in VNC server of kvm run into an infinite loop (CVE-2008-2382)An off-by-one bug limited the length of VNC passwords to seven instead of eight (CVE-2008-5714)
Virtualized guests could potentially execute code on the host by triggering a buffer overflow in the network emulation code via large ethernet frames (CVE-2007-5729)
Virtualized guests could potentially execute code on the host by triggering a heap based buffer overflow in the Cirrus Graphics card emulation (CVE-2007-1320).
Solution
Update the affected kvm package.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=252519
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448551
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40254
File Name: suse_11_1_kvm-090112.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/21/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kvm, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-1320, CVE-2007-5729, CVE-2008-2382, CVE-2008-5714