CentOS 5 : kvm (CESA-2012:0051)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57668

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kvm packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. KVM is a Linux kernel module built for the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel.

A heap overflow flaw was found in the way QEMU-KVM emulated the e1000 network interface card. A privileged guest user in a virtual machine whose network interface is configured to use the e1000 emulated driver could use this flaw to crash the host or, possibly, escalate their privileges on the host. (CVE-2012-0029)

A flaw was found in the way the KVM subsystem of a Linux kernel handled PIT (Programmable Interval Timer) IRQs (interrupt requests) when there was no virtual interrupt controller set up. A malicious user in the kvm group on the host could force this situation to occur, resulting in the host crashing. (CVE-2011-4622)

Red Hat would like to thank Nicolae Mogoreanu for reporting CVE-2012-0029.

All KVM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Note: The procedure in the Solution section must be performed before this update will take effect.

Solution

Update the affected kvm packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57668

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-0051.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0029

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kmod-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kmod-kvm-debug, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kvm-qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kvm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4622, CVE-2012-0029

BID: 51172

RHSA: 2012:0051

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