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Oracle Linux 6 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2011-0919)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68301

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0919 advisory.

 [qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.2]
 - kvm-virtio-guard-against-negative-vq-notifies.patch [bz#717403]
 - Resolves: bz#717403 (qemu-kvm: OOB memory access caused by negative vq notifies [rhel-6.1.z])

 [qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1]
 - kvm-Fix-phys-memory-client-pass-guest-physical-address-n.patch [bz#701771]
 - kvm-virtio-prevent-indirect-descriptor-buffer-overflow.patch [bz#713592]
 - Resolves: bz#701771 (Fix phys memory client for vhost)
 - Resolves: bz#713592 (EMBARGOED CVE-2011-2212 virtqueue: too-large indirect descriptor buffer overflow [rhel-6.1.z])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected qemu-img, qemu-kvm and / or qemu-kvm-tools packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0919.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68301

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0919.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2212

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2012

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2011:0919