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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2018:2340-1) (Spectre)
high Nessus Plugin ID 120081
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for qemu to version 2.11.2 fixes the following issues:Security issue fixed :
- CVE-2018-11806: Fix heap buffer overflow issue that can happen while reassembling fragmented datagrams (bsc#1096223).
- CVE-2018-3639: Mitigation functionality for Speculative Store Bypass issue in x86 (bsc#1087082).
- CVE-2018-7550: Fix out of bounds read and write memory access, potentially leading to code execution (bsc#1083291) Bug fixes :
- bsc#1091695: SEV guest will not lauchh with qemu-system-x86_64 version 2.11.1.
- bsc#1094898: qemu-guest-agent service doesn't work in version Leap 15.0.
- bsc#1094725: `virsh blockresize` does not work with Xen qdisks.
- bsc#1094913: QEMU crashes when starting a guest with more than 7.999TB.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2018-1577=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1577=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083291
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087082
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091695
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094725
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094898
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094913
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096223
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11806/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3639/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 120081
File Name: suse_SU-2018-2340-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/2/2019
Updated: 5/25/2022
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.1
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-2018-11806
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-curl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-s390, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-s390-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-x86, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-x86-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018