SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2019:0582-1)

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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2019:0582-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122776

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for qemu fixes the following issues :

Security vulnerabilities addressed :

CVE-2019-6778: Fixed an out-of-bounds access in slirp (bsc#1123156)

CVE-2018-16872: Fixed a host security vulnerability related to handling symlinks in usb-mtp (bsc#1119493)

CVE-2018-19489: Fixed a Denial-of-Service in virtfs (bsc#1117275)

CVE-2018-19364: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability if virtfs interface is deliberately abused (bsc#1116717)

CVE-2018-18954: Fixed an out-of-bounds access performing PowerNV memory operations (bsc#1114957)

CVE-2017-13673: Fixed a reachable assert failure during during display update (bsc#1056386)

CVE-2017-13672: Fixed an out-of-bounds read access during display update (bsc#1056334)

CVE-2018-7858: Fixed an out-of-bounds access in cirrus when updating vga display allowing for Denial-of-Service (bsc#1084604)

Other bug fixes and changes: Fix pwrite64/pread64/write to return 0 over -1 for a zero length NULL buffer in qemu (bsc#1121600)

Fix bad guest time after migration (bsc#1113231)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-582=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-582=1

SUSE CaaS Platform ALL :

To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 :

To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122776

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0582-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/12/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-curl-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-rbd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-guest-agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-kvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-lang:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-s390:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-s390-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-x86:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-x86-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-iscsi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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: 3/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16872, CVE-2018-18954, CVE-2018-19364, CVE-2018-19489, CVE-2019-6778, CVE-2017-13672, CVE-2017-13673, CVE-2018-7858