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Debian DSA-3044-1 : qemu-kvm - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 78045

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu-kvm, a full virtualization solution on x86 hardware :

 - Various security issues have been found in the block qemu drivers. Malformed disk images might result in the execution of arbitrary code.
 - A NULL pointer dereference in SLIRP may result in denial of service

 - An information leak was discovered in the VGA emulation

Solution

Upgrade the qemu-kvm packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u4.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/qemu-kvm

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78045

File Name: debian_DSA-3044.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:debian:debian_linux:qemu-kvm, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0142, CVE-2014-0143, CVE-2014-0144, CVE-2014-0145, CVE-2014-0146, CVE-2014-0147, CVE-2014-0222, CVE-2014-0223, CVE-2014-3615, CVE-2014-3640

BID: 66464, 66472, 66481, 66483, 66484, 66486, 67357, 67391, 69654

DSA: 3044