SuSE 11.1 Security Update : KVM (SAT Patch Number 4814)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55620

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

A privileged guest user could cause a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem of the host, therefore crashing the guest or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2011-2212 / CVE-2011-2512)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4814.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626654

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695766

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698237

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701161

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702823

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2212.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2512.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55620

File Name: suse_11_kvm-110630.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:kvm

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2212, CVE-2011-2512