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Scientific Linux Security Update : libguestfs and virt-p2v on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95843

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Synopsis

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

Description

Virt-p2v is a tool for conversion of a physical server to a virtual guest.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
libguestfs (1.32.7), virt-p2v (1.32.7).

Security Fix(es) :

 - An integer conversion flaw was found in the way OCaml's String handled its length. Certain operations on an excessively long String could trigger a buffer overflow or result in an information leak. (CVE-2015-8869)

Note: The libguestfs packages in this advisory were rebuilt with a fixed version of OCaml to address this issue.

Additional Changes :

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5aeb0986

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95843

File Name: sl_20161103_libguestfs_and_virt_p2v_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-java, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-java-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-man-pages-uk, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-rescue, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-rsync, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-tools-c, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-xfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:lua-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-sys-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:virt-dib, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-gobject, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-gobject-doc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libguestfs-inspect-icons

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8869