Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20190924)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129334

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New! Plugin Severity Now Using CVSS v3

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Synopsis

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

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow while reassembling fragmented datagrams (CVE-2018-11806)

 - QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow in tcp_emu() (CVE-2019-6778)

 - QEMU: ne2000: integer overflow leads to buffer overflow issue (CVE-2018-10839)

 - QEMU: pcnet: integer overflow leads to buffer overflow (CVE-2018-17962)

 - QEMU: qxl: NULL pointer dereference while releasing spice resources (CVE-2019-12155)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4cfad3e9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129334

File Name: sl_20190924_qemu_kvm_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2019

Updated: 2/24/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10839, CVE-2018-11806, CVE-2018-17962, CVE-2019-12155, CVE-2019-6778