Debian DSA-2270-1 : qemu-kvm - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55490

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that incorrect sanitising of virtio queue commands in KVM, a solution for full virtualization on x86 hardware, could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the qemu-kvm packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55490

File Name: debian_DSA-2270.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/5/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-kvm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2512

BID: 48499

DSA: 2270

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