CentOS 7 : qemu-kvm (CESA-2020:4079)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142608

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:4079 advisory.

- QEMU: usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets (CVE-2020-14364)

- QEMU: slirp: use-after-free in ip_reass() function in ip_input.c (CVE-2020-1983)

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 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0e7177f9

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142608

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-4079.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2020

Updated: 2/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14364

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14364, CVE-2020-1983

CWE: 125, 416, 787

RHSA: 2020:4079