openSUSE Security Update : qemu (openSUSE-SU-2012:1170-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74752

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

qemu was fixed to add bounds checking for VT100 escape code parsing and cursor placement.

Also qemu was updated on 12.2 and 11.4 to the latest stable release (v1.1.1 and v0.14.1 respectively).

Solution

Update the affected qemu packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=777084

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00057.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74752

File Name: openSUSE-2012-599.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu-linux-user, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:qemu-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3515

BID: 55413