FreeBSD : qemu, xen and VirtualBox OSE -- possible VM escape and code execution ('VENOM') (2780e442-fc59-11e4-b18b-6805ca1d3bb1) (Venom)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83510

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Synopsis

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

Description

Jason Geffner, CrowdStrike Senior Security Researcher reports :

VENOM, CVE-2015-3456, is a security vulnerability in the virtual floppy drive code used by many computer virtualization platforms. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to escape from the confines of an affected virtual machine (VM) guest and potentially obtain code-execution access to the host. Absent mitigation, this VM escape could open access to the host system and all other VMs running on that host, potentially giving adversaries significant elevated access to the host's local network and adjacent systems.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83510

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2780e442fc5911e4b18b6805ca1d3bb1.nasl

Version: 2.15

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 5/18/2015

Updated: 9/28/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:qemu, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:qemu-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:qemu-sbruno, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:virtualbox-ose, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xen-tools, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3456

IAVA: 2015-A-0115-S

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