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Oracle Linux 7 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2015-1507)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 85035

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1507 advisory.

 - Resolves: bz#1243726 (CVE-2015-3214 qemu-kvm: qemu: i8254: out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read function [rhel-7.1.z])
 - Resolves: bz#1243689 (EMBARGOED CVE-2015-5154 qemu-kvm: qemu: ide: atapi: heap overflow during I/O buffer memory access [rhel-7.1.z])

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-2015-1507.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 85035

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1507.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/28/2015

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcacard-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcacard, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3214, CVE-2015-5154

RHSA: 2015:1507