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Debian DSA-2282-1 : qemu-kvm - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 55672
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in KVM, a solution for full virtualization on x86 hardware :- CVE-2011-2212 Nelson Elhage discovered a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem, which could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation.
- CVE-2011-2527 Andrew Griffiths discovered that group privileges were insufficiently dropped when started with -runas option, resulting in privilege escalation.
Solution
Upgrade the qemu-kvm packages.For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze6.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2212
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2527
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 55672
File Name: debian_DSA-2282.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 7/26/2011
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.4
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu-kvm, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-2212, CVE-2011-2527
DSA: 2282