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Fedora 21 : qemu-2.1.2-7.fc21 (2014-16075)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79912

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix qemu-img convert corruption for unflushed files (bz #1167249)

 - Fix SLES11 migration issue (bz #1109427)

 - CVE-2014-7840: insufficient parameter validation during ram load (bz #1163080)

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Solution

Update the affected qemu package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163075

http://www.nessus.org/u?c43a3e42

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79912

File Name: fedora_2014-16075.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:qemu, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7840

BID: 71658

FEDORA: 2014-16075