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Oracle Linux 6 : libvirt (ELSA-2014-0103)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 72195

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0103 advisory.

 - qemu: Do not access stale data in virDomainBlockStats (CVE-2013-6458)
 - qemu: Avoid using stale data in virDomainGetBlockInfo (CVE-2013-6458)
 - qemu: Fix job usage in qemuDomainBlockJobImpl (CVE-2013-6458)
 - qemu: Fix job usage in virDomainGetBlockIoTune (CVE-2013-6458)
 - Don't crash if a connection closes early (CVE-2014-1447)

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-2014-0103.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 72195

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0103.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2014

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6458

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1447

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 1/28/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6458, CVE-2014-1447

BID: 64723, 64945

RHSA: 2014:0103