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openSUSE Security Update : qemu (qemu-1537)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42859

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The VNC server of qemu was vulnerable to use-after-free bugs, that allowed the execution of code on the host system initiated from the guest system. This can be used to escape from the guest machine to the host machine. (CVE-2009-3616: CVSS v2 Base Score: 8.5)

Solution

Update the affected qemu package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547554

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42859

File Name: suse_11_0_qemu-091112.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/20/2009

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: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3616

CWE: 399