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Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL7.x i686/x86_64 (2020:5040)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142821

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SLSA-2020:5040-1 advisory.

 - libvirt: double free in qemuAgentGetInterfaces() in qemu_agent.c (CVE-2020-25637)

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

https://www.scientificlinux.org/category/sl-errata/slsa-20205040-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142821

File Name: sl_20201110_libvirt_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 11/24/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25637

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-kvm, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-lxc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-docs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-admin, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-config-network, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-login-shell, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt-nss, cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libvirt

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: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25637