OracleVM 3.4 : qemu-kvm (OVMSA-2018-0025)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 108360

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- kvm-cirrus-fix-oob-access-in-mode4and5-write-functions.p atch [bz#1501296]

- Resolves: bz#1501296 &nbsp (CVE-2017-15289 qemu-kvm:
Qemu: cirrus: OOB access issue in mode4and5 write functions [rhel-6.9.z])

Solution

Update the affected qemu-img package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b0ef9752

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 108360

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0025.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 3/15/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:qemu-img, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15289