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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: qemu (CVE-2024-3447)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 235441

Synopsis

The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of qemu installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-3447 advisory.

 - A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the SDHCI device emulation of QEMU. The bug is triggered when both `s->data_count` and the size of `s->fifo_buffer` are set to 0x200, leading to an out-of-bound access.
 A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. (CVE-2024-3447)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3447

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 235441

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2024-3447.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3447

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-aarch64-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-alpha-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-x86, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-loongarch64, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-microblaze, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-loongarch64-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-cris, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-audio-alsa, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-tests, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-ui-curses, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-arm, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-block-dmg, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-audio-oss, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-ipxe, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-cris-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-alpha, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-m68k-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-x86-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-virtiofsd, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-avr, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-arm-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-display-vhost-user-gpu, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-m68k, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-common, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-hppa, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-user-binfmt, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-hppa-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-usb-smartcard, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-docs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-tools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-microblaze-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-ui-gtk, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-block-nfs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-system-avr-core, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-user, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3447

IAVB: 2024-B-0070-S