SuSE 11.1 Security Update : kvm (SAT Patch Number 4574)

high Nessus Plugin ID 54640

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

The following bugs have been fixed :

- By causing a hot-unplug of the pci-isa bridge from within guests the qemu process could access already freed memory. A privileged user inside the guest could exploit that to crash the guest instance or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2011-1751)

- The virtio-blk driver did not properly validate read and write request. A privileged user inside the guest could exploit that to cause a heap corruption and crash the guest instance or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2011-1750)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4574.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689895

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690781

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1750.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1751.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 54640

File Name: suse_11_kvm-110518.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/25/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kvm

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1750, CVE-2011-1751