CentOS 7 : qemu-kvm (CESA-2020:4079)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 142608
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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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 142608
File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-4079.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 11/6/2020
Updated: 11/30/2020
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14364
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.3
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-1983, CVE-2020-14364