RHEL 6 : rhev-hypervisor6 (RHSA-2012:1325)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 78935

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rhev-hypervisor6.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1325 advisory.

- glibc: Integer overflows, leading to stack-based buffer overflows in strto* related routines (CVE-2012-3480)

- qemu: VT100 emulation vulnerability (CVE-2012-3515)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL rhev-hypervisor6 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1325.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 78935

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1325.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/8/2014

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhev-hypervisor6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3480, CVE-2012-3515

BID: 54982, 55413

CWE: 119, 121

RHSA: 2012:1325

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