openSUSE Security Update : kvm (openSUSE-2012-84)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74841

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- avoid buffer overflow in e1000 device emulation (bnc#740165)

- Fix dictzip with long file names.

Solution

Update the affected kvm packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740165

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74841

File Name: openSUSE-2012-84.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kvm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kvm-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kvm-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0029