Oracle Linux 7 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2020-1208)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135428

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Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2020:1208 :

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1208 advisory.

- QEMU: Slirp: potential OOB access due to unsafe snprintf() usages (CVE-2020-8608)

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 affected qemu-kvm packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135428

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1208.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/14/2020

Updated: 1/26/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8608

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8608

RHSA: 2020:1208

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