Oracle Linux 5 : kvm (ELSA-2012-0051)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68434

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0051 advisory.

- Resolves: bz#772079 (EMBARGOED CVE-2012-0029 qemu-kvm: e1000: process_tx_desc legacy mode packets heap overflow [rhel-5.7.z])
- Resolves: bz#770100 (CVE-2011-4622 kernel: kvm: pit timer with no irqchip crashes the system [rhel-5.7.z])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0051.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68434

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0051.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0029

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4622

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm-qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-kvm-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-kvm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4622, CVE-2012-0029

BID: 51172, 51642

RHSA: 2012:0051