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RHEL 5 : kvm (RHSA-2012:1235)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 64055
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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-2012:1235 advisory.- qemu: VT100 emulation vulnerability (CVE-2012-3515)
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-2012:1235.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?f08f42bf
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1235
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 64055
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1235.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/24/2013
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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-2012-3515
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: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: 9/5/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-3515
BID: 55413