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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : qemu-kvm vulnerabilities (USN-1165-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 55531
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Nelson Elhage discoverd that QEMU did not properly validate certain virtqueue requests from the guest. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service of the guest or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-2212)Stefan Hajnoczi discovered that QEMU did not properly perform integer comparisons when performing virtqueue input validation. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service of the guest or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-2512)
When using QEMU with libvirt or virtualization management software based on libvirt such as Eucalyptus and OpenStack, QEMU guests are individually isolated by an AppArmor profile by default in Ubuntu.
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Solution
Update the affected qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-extras and / or qemu-kvm-extras-static packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 55531
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1165-1.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 7/7/2011
Updated: 9/19/2019
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: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.4
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-kvm-extras-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-kvm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-kvm-extras
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-2212, CVE-2011-2512
USN: 1165-1