RHEL 6 : libvirt (RHSA-2012:1359)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62505

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libvirt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1359 advisory.

- libvirt: null function pointer invocation in virNetServerProgramDispatchCall() (CVE-2012-4423)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libvirt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1359.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?117a3e54

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1359

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857133

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858988

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859376

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860720

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62505

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1359.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4423

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-python, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4423

BID: 55541

RHSA: 2012:1359