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Oracle Linux 7 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2015-0349)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81803

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0349 advisory.

 - Resolves: bz#1169456 (CVE-2014-8106 qemu-kvm: qemu: cirrus: insufficient blit region checks [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1163078 (CVE-2014-7840 qemu-kvm: qemu: insufficient parameter validation during ram load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1157645 (CVE-2014-7815 qemu-kvm: qemu: vnc: insufficient bits_per_pixel from the client sanitization [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1144820 (CVE-2014-3640 qemu-kvm: qemu: slirp: NULL pointer deref in sosendto() [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1139118 (CVE-2014-3615 qemu-kvm: Qemu: crash when guest sets high resolution [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1122147 (CVE-2014-5263 vmstate_xhci_event: fix unterminated field list)
 - kvm-qcow1-Validate-L2-table-size-CVE-2014-0222.patch [bz#1097230]
 - kvm-qcow1-Validate-image-size-CVE-2014-0223.patch [bz#1097237]
 - Resolves: bz#1095678 (CVE-2013-4148 qemu-kvm: qemu: virtio-net: buffer overflow on invalid state load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095685 (CVE-2013-4149 qemu-kvm: qemu: virtio-net: out-of-bounds buffer write on load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095690 (CVE-2013-4150 qemu-kvm: qemu: virtio-net: out-of-bounds buffer write on invalid state load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095695 (CVE-2013-4151 qemu-kvm: qemu: virtio: out-of-bounds buffer write on invalid state load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095707 (CVE-2013-4527 qemu-kvm: qemu: hpet: buffer overrun on invalid state load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095716 (CVE-2013-4529 qemu-kvm: qemu: hw/pci/pcie_aer.c: buffer overrun on invalid state load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095738 (CVE-2013-6399 qemu-kvm: qemu: virtio: buffer overrun on incoming migration [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095742 (CVE-2013-4542 qemu-kvm: qemu: virtio-scsi: buffer overrun on invalid state load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095747 (CVE-2013-4541 qemu-kvm: qemu: usb: insufficient sanity checking of setup_index+setup_len in post_load [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095766 (CVE-2013-4535 CVE-2013-4536 qemu-kvm: qemu: virtio: insufficient validation of num_sg when mapping [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1095783 (CVE-2014-0182 qemu-kvm: qemu: virtio: out-of-bounds buffer write on state load with invalid config_len [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1096829 (CVE-2014-3461 qemu-kvm: Qemu: usb: fix up post load checks [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1097230 (CVE-2014-0222 qemu-kvm: Qemu: qcow1: validate L2 table size to avoid integer overflows [rhel-7.1])
 - Resolves: bz#1097237 (CVE-2014-0223 qemu-kvm: Qemu: qcow1: validate image size to avoid out-of-bounds memory access [rhel-7.1])

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0349.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81803

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-0349.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2015

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-7840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2014-7815

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcacard-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcacard-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcacard, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:qemu-kvm-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3640, CVE-2014-7815, CVE-2014-7840, CVE-2014-8106

BID: 66932, 66976, 67357, 67391, 67392, 67394, 67483, 69247, 69654, 70237, 70998, 71477, 71658

RHSA: 2015:0349