Debian DSA-4338-1 : qemu - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118895

Synopsis

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

Description

Integer overflows in the processing of packets in network cards emulated by QEMU, a fast processor emulator, could result in denial of service.

In addition this update backports support to passthrough the new CPU features added in the intel-microcode update shipped in DSA 4273 to x86-based guests.

Solution

Upgrade the qemu packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u5.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908682

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=910431

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911468

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911469

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/qemu

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/qemu

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118895

File Name: debian_DSA-4338.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/13/2018

Updated: 4/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10839, CVE-2018-17962, CVE-2018-17963

DSA: 4338