openSUSE Security Update : kvm (openSUSE-SU-2011:0803-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75888

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A privileged guest user could cause a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem of the host, therefore crashing the guest or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host (CVE-2011-2212, CVE-2011-2512).

Solution

Update the affected kvm packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701161

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702823

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-07/msg00025.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75888

File Name: suse_11_4_kvm-110711.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:novell:opensuse:kvm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kvm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kvm-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

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: 7/11/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2212, CVE-2011-2512

BID: 48499, 48574