Debian DLA-652-1 : qemu security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93969

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU :

CVE-2016-7161

Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.

CVE-2016-7170

The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) is vulnerable to an OOB memory access.

CVE-2016-7908

The mcf_fec_do_tx function in hw/net/mcf_fec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly limit the buffer descriptor count when transmitting packets, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a buffer descriptor with a length of 0 and crafted values in bd.flags.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u16.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/10/msg00008.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/qemu

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93969

File Name: debian_DLA-652.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2016

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

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-user, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-keymaps, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-user-static, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-system, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7161, CVE-2016-7170, CVE-2016-7908