FreeBSD : qemu -- several vulnerabilities (0ac89b39-f829-11db-b55c-000e0c6d38a9)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25129

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The Debian Security Team reports :

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the QEMU processor emulator, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

CVE-2007-1320Tavis Ormandy discovered that a memory management routine of the Cirrus video driver performs insufficient bounds checking, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code through a heap overflow.

CVE-2007-1321Tavis Ormandy discovered that the NE2000 network driver and the socket code perform insufficient input validation, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code through a heap overflow.

CVE-2007-1322Tavis Ormandy discovered that the 'icebp' instruction can be abused to terminate the emulation, resulting in denial of service.

CVE-2007-1323Tavis Ormandy discovered that the NE2000 network driver and the socket code perform insufficient input validation, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code through a heap overflow.

CVE-2007-1366Tavis Ormandy discovered that the 'aam' instruction can be abused to crash qemu through a division by zero, resulting in denial of service.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2007/msg00040.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?cbdc4df3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25129

File Name: freebsd_pkg_0ac89b39f82911dbb55c000e0c6d38a9.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Published: 5/2/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:qemu, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:qemu-devel, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1320, CVE-2007-1321, CVE-2007-1322, CVE-2007-1366, CVE-2007-2893

CWE: 119, 189