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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-8309

high Nessus Plugin ID 221795

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture. (CVE-2017-8309)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-8309

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 221795

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_8309.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/21/2025

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8309

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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent-win32, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent-win32, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xen, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:5::el6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kvm

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8309