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CentOS 5 : kvm (CESA-2013:0608)

high Nessus Plugin ID 65164

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Synopsis

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

Description

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

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link 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 flaw was found in the way QEMU-KVM emulated the e1000 network interface card when the host was configured to accept jumbo network frames, and a guest using the e1000 emulated driver was not. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the guest or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with root privileges in the guest.
(CVE-2012-6075)

All users of kvm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct this issue. Note that the procedure in the Solution section must be performed before this update will take effect.

Solution

Update the affected kvm packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2322e682

http://www.nessus.org/u?43a4dfce

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65164

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0608.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/10/2013

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6075

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: 3/8/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6075

BID: 57420

RHSA: 2013:0608