RHEL 5 : kvm (RHSA-2012:0149)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64028

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0149 advisory.

- kernel: kvm: device assignment DoS (CVE-2011-4347)

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 kvm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0149.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c8f36565

http://www.nessus.org/u?f56a34a1

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0149

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701616

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703335

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703446

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704081

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725876

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753860

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=756084

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64028

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0149.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: 6.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4347

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

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:kmod-kvm-debug, 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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4347

BID: 50811

RHSA: 2012:0149