RHEL 6 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2018:3397)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118546

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for qemu-kvm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3397 advisory.

- hw: cpu: speculative store bypass (CVE-2018-3639)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL qemu-kvm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3397.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1af5bfca

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ssbd

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566890

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3397

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118546

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3397.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2018

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3639

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:6.5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3639

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2018:3397