Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160809)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92859

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Synopsis

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

Description

Security Fix(es) :

- Quick emulator(Qemu) built with the virtio framework is vulnerable to an unbounded memory allocation issue. It was found that a malicious guest user could submit more requests than the virtqueue size permits. Processing a request allocates a VirtQueueElement and therefore causes unbounded memory allocation on the host controlled by the guest. (CVE-2016-5403)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92859

File Name: sl_20160809_qemu_kvm_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/11/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-api, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-api-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-cli, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-client-xlators, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-ganesha, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-rdma, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-resource-agents, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glusterfs-server, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nfs-ganesha, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nfs-ganesha-gluster, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-argparse, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pyxattr, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:userspace-rcu, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:userspace-rcu-devel, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5403

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