Debian DSA-3284-1 : qemu - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 84167

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu, a fast processor emulator.

- CVE-2015-3209 Matt Tait of Google's Project Zero security team discovered a flaw in the way QEMU's AMD PCnet Ethernet emulation handles multi-TMD packets with a length above 4096 bytes. A privileged guest user in a guest with an AMD PCNet ethernet card enabled can potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the hosting QEMU process.

- CVE-2015-4037 Kurt Seifried of Red Hat Product Security discovered that QEMU's user mode networking stack uses predictable temporary file names when the -smb option is used. An unprivileged user can use this flaw to cause a denial of service.

- CVE-2015-4103 Jan Beulich of SUSE discovered that the QEMU Xen code does not properly restrict write access to the host MSI message data field, allowing a malicious guest to cause a denial of service.

- CVE-2015-4104 Jan Beulich of SUSE discovered that the QEMU Xen code does not properly restrict access to PCI MSI mask bits, allowing a malicious guest to cause a denial of service.

- CVE-2015-4105 Jan Beulich of SUSE reported that the QEMU Xen code enables logging for PCI MSI-X pass-through error messages, allowing a malicious guest to cause a denial of service.

- CVE-2015-4106 Jan Beulich of SUSE discovered that the QEMU Xen code does not properly restrict write access to the PCI config space for certain PCI pass-through devices, allowing a malicious guest to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the qemu packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u8. Only CVE-2015-3209 and CVE-2015-4037 affect oldstable.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84167

File Name: debian_DSA-3284.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/15/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu, 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: 6/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3209, CVE-2015-4037, CVE-2015-4103, CVE-2015-4104, CVE-2015-4105, CVE-2015-4106

BID: 74809, 74947, 74948, 74949, 74950, 75123

DSA: 3284

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