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SUSE SLED15: qemu / qemu-arm / qemu-audio-alsa / qemu-audio-pa / qemu-block-curl / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:2212-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151203

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2212-1 advisory.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2021-3546: Fix out-of-bounds write in virgl_cmd_get_capset (bsc#1185981)
 - CVE-2021-3544: Fix memory leaks found in the virtio vhost-user GPU device (bsc#1186010)
 - CVE-2021-3545: Fix information disclosure due to uninitialized memory read (bsc#1185990)

 Non-security issues fixed:

 - Fix testsuite error (bsc#1184574)
 - Fix qemu crash with iothread when block commit after snapshot (bsc#1187013)
 - Fix qemu hang while cancelling migrating hugepage vm (bsc#1185591)
 - Use RCU to avoid race during scsi hotplug/hotunplug (bsc#1184574)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184574

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185591

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185981

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185990

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186010

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187013

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3544

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3545

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3546

http://www.nessus.org/u?f263a85a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151203

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2212-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.11

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3546

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-sgabios, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-alsa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ppc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-microvm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-seabios, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ipxe, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-vgabios, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-arm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-audio-pa, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-x86, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-ui-spice-app, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:qemu-s390

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3544, CVE-2021-3545, CVE-2021-3546

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2212-1