RHEL 6 : qemu-kvm-rhev (RHSA-2017:1441)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193827

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for qemu-kvm-rhev.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1441 advisory.

- Qemu: cirrus: heap buffer overflow via vnc connection (CVE-2016-9603)

- Qemu: VNC: memory corruption due to unchecked resolution limit (CVE-2017-2633)

- Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB read access issue (CVE-2017-7718)

- Qemu: display: cirrus: OOB r/w access issues in bitblt routines (CVE-2017-7980)

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 qemu-kvm-rhev package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:1441.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193827

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-1441.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9603

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev-tools

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: 6/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9603, CVE-2017-2633, CVE-2017-7718, CVE-2017-7980

CWE: 120, 122, 125, 787

RHSA: 2017:1441

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