Fedora 23 : qemu-2.4.1-6.fc23 (2016-42778e8c82)

high Nessus Plugin ID 89526

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- CVE-2015-8745: vmxnet3: don't assert reading registers in bar0 (bz #1295442) * CVE-2015-8567: net: vmxnet3:
host memory leakage (bz #1289818) * CVE-2016-1922: i386:
avoid NULL pointer dereference (bz #1292766) * CVE-2015-8613: buffer overflow in megasas_ctrl_get_info (bz #1284008) * CVE-2015-8701: Buffer overflow in tx_consume in rocker.c (bz #1293720) * CVE-2015-8743:
ne2000: OOB memory access in ioport r/w functions (bz #1294787) * CVE-2016-1568: Use-after-free vulnerability in ahci (bz #1297023) * Fix modules.d/kvm.conf example syntax (bz #1298823)

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Solution

Update the affected qemu package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89526

File Name: fedora_2016-42778e8c82.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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: 1/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8567, CVE-2015-8568, CVE-2015-8613, CVE-2015-8701, CVE-2015-8743, CVE-2015-8745, CVE-2016-1568, CVE-2016-1922

FEDORA: 2016-42778e8c82

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