RHEL 7 : qemu-kvm-rhev (RHSA-2014:1941)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193838

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for qemu-kvm-rhev.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1941 advisory.

- Qemu: information leakage when guest sets high resolution (CVE-2014-3615)

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 RHEL qemu-kvm-rhev package based on the guidance in RHSA-2014:1941.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139115

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9dce6a0

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1941

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193838

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1941.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-devel-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-tools-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev

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: 12/2/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3615

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2014:1941