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RHEL 5 : kvm (RHSA-2012:0676)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64037

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for kvm.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0676 advisory.

 - kernel: kvm: irqchip_in_kernel() and vcpu->arch.apic inconsistency (CVE-2012-1601)

 - kvm: device assignment page leak (CVE-2012-2121)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL kvm package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0676.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e36ce171

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0676

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808199

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814149

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64037

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0676.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1601

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kvm-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kmod-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kmod-kvm-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kvm-qemu-img

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: 5/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1601, CVE-2012-2121

BID: 53162, 53488

RHSA: 2012:0676