Debian DSA-3925-1 : qemu - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 102209

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in qemu, a fast processor emulator :

- CVE-2017-9524 Denial of service in qemu-nbd server

- CVE-2017-10806 Buffer overflow in USB redirector

- CVE-2017-11334 Out-of-band memory access in DMA operations

- CVE-2017-11434 Out-of-band memory access in SLIRP/DHCP

Solution

Upgrade the qemu packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102209

File Name: debian_DSA-3925.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/7/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10806, CVE-2017-11334, CVE-2017-11434, CVE-2017-9524

DSA: 3925

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