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RHEL 5 : kvm (RHSA-2010:0088)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63916

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kvm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0088 advisory.

 - kvm-userspace-rhel5: usb-linux.c: fix buffer overflow (CVE-2010-0297)

 - kvm: emulator privilege escalation (CVE-2010-0298)

 - kvm: emulator privilege escalation IOPL/CPL level check (CVE-2010-0306)

 - kvm: cat /dev/port in guest cause the host hang (CVE-2010-0309)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL kvm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0088.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?13bf12fb

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537028

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545874

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546562

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546563

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547293

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547625

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548368

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552159

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552518

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552519

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552528

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552529

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552530

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=553249

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557025

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559091

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560654

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560887

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561022

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0088

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63916

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0088.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 4/18/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0297

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0309

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kvm-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kmod-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kvm-qemu-img

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0297, CVE-2010-0298, CVE-2010-0306, CVE-2010-0309

RHSA: 2010:0088