RHEL 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2023:5264)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181631

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for virt:rhel / virt-devel:rhel.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5264 advisory.

- NTFS-3G: buffer overflow issue in NTFS-3G can cause code execution via crafted metadata in an NTFS image (CVE-2022-40284)

- QEMU: VNC: improper I/O watch removal in TLS handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service (CVE-2023-3354)

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 RHEL virt:rhel / virt-devel:rhel packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:5264.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d7ffcab2

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2216478

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228485

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2236130

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5264

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181631

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5264.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/19/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40284

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:slof, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hivex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-appliance, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-gobject, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-inspect-icons, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-java-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-man-pages-uk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-rescue, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-rsync, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-tools-c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-winsupport, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libguestfs-xfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libiscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libiscsi-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libiscsi-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnbd-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtpms, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtpms-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-config-network, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-interface, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-network, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-secret, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-vddk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-xz-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netcf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netcf-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netcf-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-hivex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-libguestfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-libnbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ocaml-libnbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sys-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sys-virt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-hivex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-hivex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libnbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-spice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-hivex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libguestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:seabios, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:seabios-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:seavgabios-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgabios, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgabios-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:supermin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:supermin-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:swtpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:swtpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:swtpm-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:swtpm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:swtpm-tools-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-dib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-v2v, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-v2v-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-v2v-man-pages-ja, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virt-v2v-man-pages-uk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-daemon-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-dbus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-lock-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-nss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvirt-wireshark, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lua-guestfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdfuse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-basic-filters, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-curl-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-example-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-gzip-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-gzip-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-nbd-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-ssh-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-tar-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-tar-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nbdkit-tmpdisk-plugin

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40284, CVE-2023-3354

CWE: 120, 476

RHSA: 2023:5264