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Oracle Linux 7 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2018-2462)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111801

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-2462 advisory.

 - Resolves: bz#1549824 (CVE-2018-7550 qemu-kvm: Qemu: i386: multiboot OOB access while loading kernel image [rhel-7.5.z])
 - Resolves: bz#1586248 (CVE-2018-11806 qemu-kvm: QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow while reassembling fragmented datagrams [rhel-7.5.z])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-2462.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111801

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-2462.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2018

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7550

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-common, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11806, CVE-2018-7550

RHSA: 2018:2462