Fedora 23 : qemu-2.4.0-4.fc23 (2015-16370)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 86112

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- CVE-2015-6815: net: e1000: infinite loop issue (bz #1260225) * CVE-2015-6855: ide: divide by zero issue (bz #1261793) * CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() (bz #1263284) * CVE-2015-5279: Heap overflow vulnerability in ne2000_receive() (bz #1263287)
---- Fix emulation of various instructions, required by libm in F22 ppc64 guests.

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Solution

Update the affected qemu package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 86112

File Name: fedora_2015-16370.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2015

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:qemu

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5278, CVE-2015-5279, CVE-2015-6815, CVE-2015-6855

FEDORA: 2015-16370

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