The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in QEMU's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator's VNC display driver support     before 2.9; the issue could occur when a VNC client attempted to update its display after a VGA operation     is performed by a guest. A privileged user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU     process or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the QEMU process.
    (CVE-2016-9603)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2017-1615:03 advisory.

    qemu-kvm is an open source virtualizer that provides hardware emulation for     the KVM hypervisor. qemu-kvm acts as a virtual machine monitor together with     the KVM kernel modules, and emulates the hardware for a full system such as     a PC and its assocated peripherals.
    As qemu-kvm requires no host kernel patches to run, it is safe and easy to use.
    Security issues fixed with this release:
    CVE-2016-9603
    ** RESERVED **     This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that     will use it when announcing a new security problem.  When the     candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be     provided.

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

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

This update for xen fixes several security issues :

  - A malicious 64-bit PV guest may be able to access all of     system memory, allowing for all of privilege escalation,     host crashes, and information leaks by placing a IRET     hypercall in the middle of a multicall batch (XSA-213,     bsc#1034843)

  - A malicious pair of guests may be able to access all of     system memory, allowing for all of privilege escalation,     host crashes, and information leaks because of a missing     check when transfering pages via GNTTABOP_transfer     (XSA-214, bsc#1034844).

  - CVE-2017-7718: hw/display/cirrus_vga_rop.h allowed local     guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors     related to copying VGA data via the     cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_ and cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_     functions (bsc#1034994).

  - CVE-2016-9603: A privileged user within the guest VM     could have caused a heap overflow in the device model     process, potentially escalating their privileges to that     of the device model process (bsc#1028655)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for qemu fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-10911: The make_response function in the Linux     kernel allowed guest OS users to obtain sensitive     information from host OS (or other guest OS) kernel     memory by leveraging the copying of uninitialized     padding fields in Xen block-interface response     structures (bsc#1057378).

  - CVE-2017-12809: The IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM Emulator     support allowed local guest OS privileged users to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU     process crash) by flushing an empty CDROM device drive     (bsc#1054724).

  - CVE-2017-15289: The mode4and5 write functions allowed     local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds write access and Qemu process     crash) via vectors related to dst calculation     (bsc#1063122)

  - CVE-2017-15038: Race condition in the v9fs_xattrwalk     function local guest OS users to obtain sensitive     information from host heap memory via vectors related to     reading extended attributes (bsc#1062069)

  - CVE-2017-14167: Integer overflow in the load_multiboot     function allowed local guest OS users to execute     arbitrary code on the host via crafted multiboot header     address values, which trigger an out-of-bounds write     (bsc#1057585)

  - CVE-2017-11434: The dhcp_decode function in     slirp/bootp.c allowed local guest OS users to cause a     denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted     DHCP options string (bsc#1049381)

  - CVE-2017-11334: The address_space_write_continue     function allowed local guest OS privileged users to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and     guest instance crash) by leveraging use of     qemu_map_ram_ptr to access guest ram block area     (bsc#1048902)

  - CVE-2017-13672: The VGA display emulator support allowed     local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via     vectors involving display update (bsc#1056334)

  - CVE-2017-5973: A infinite loop while doing control     transfer in xhci_kick_epctx allowed privileged user     inside the guest to crash the host process resulting in     DoS (bsc#1025109)

  - CVE-2017-5987: The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks     function in hw/sd/sdhci.c allowed local OS guest     privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the     transfer mode register during multi block transfer     (bsc#1025311)

  - CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function allowed     local guest OS users to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link     endpoint list descriptors (bsc#1028184)

  - CVE-2016-9603: A privileged user within the guest VM     could have caused a heap overflow in the device model     process, potentially escalating their privileges to that     of the device model process (bsc#1028656)

  - CVE-2017-7718: hw/display/cirrus_vga_rop.h allowed local     guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors     related to copying VGA data via the     cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_ and cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_     functions (bsc#1034908)

  - CVE-2017-7980: An out-of-bounds r/w access issues in the     Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support allowed privileged     user inside guest to use this flaw to crash the Qemu     process resulting in DoS or potentially execute     arbitrary code on a host with privileges of Qemu process     on the host (bsc#1035406)

  - CVE-2017-8112: hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c allowed local guest     OS privileged users to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring     page count (bsc#1036211)

  - CVE-2017-9375: The USB xHCI controller emulator support     was vulnerable to an infinite recursive call loop issue,     which allowed a privileged user inside guest to crash     the Qemu process resulting in DoS (bsc#1042800)

  - CVE-2017-9374: Missing free of 's->ipacket', causes a     host memory leak, allowing for DoS (bsc#1043073)

  - CVE-2017-9373: The IDE AHCI Emulation support was     vulnerable to a host memory leakage issue, which allowed     a privileged user inside guest to leak host memory     resulting in DoS (bsc#1042801)

  - CVE-2017-9330: USB OHCI Emulation in qemu allowed local     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop) by leveraging an incorrect return value     (bsc#1042159)

  - CVE-2017-8379: Memory leak in the keyboard input event     handlers support allowed local guest OS privileged users     to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption)     by rapidly generating large keyboard events     (bsc#1037334)

  - CVE-2017-8309: Memory leak in the audio/audio.c allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio     capture (bsc#1037242)

  - CVE-2017-8380: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter     emulation support was vulnerable to an out-of-bounds     read access issue which allowed a privileged user inside     guest to read host memory resulting in DoS (bsc#1037336)

  - CVE-2017-7493: The VirtFS, host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, was vulnerable to an     improper access control issue. It could occur while     accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security     mode. A guest user could have used this flaw to escalate     their privileges inside guest (bsc#1039495)

  - CVE-2016-9602: The VirtFS host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support was vulnerable to an     improper link following issue which allowed a privileged     user inside guest to access host file system beyond the     shared folder and potentially escalating their     privileges on a host (bsc#1020427)

  - CVE-2017-5579: The 16550A UART serial device emulation     support was vulnerable to a memory leakage issue     allowing a privileged user to cause a DoS and/or     potentially crash the Qemu process on the host     (bsc#1021741)

  - CVE-2017-9503: The MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter     emulation support was vulnerable to a NULL pointer     dereference issue which allowed a privileged user inside     guest to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in     DoS (bsc#1043296)

  - CVE-2017-10664: qemu-nbd did not ignore SIGPIPE, which     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (daemon crash) by disconnecting during a     server-to-client reply attempt (bsc#1046636)

  - CVE-2017-10806: Stack-based buffer overflow allowed     local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU     process crash) via vectors related to logging debug     messages (bsc#1047674)

  - CVE-2016-9602: The VirtFS host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support was vulnerable to an     improper link following issue which allowed a privileged     user inside guest to access host file system beyond the     shared folder and potentially escalating their     privileges on a host (bsc#1020427)

  - CVE-2017-7377: The v9fs_create and v9fs_lcreate     functions in hw/9pfs/9p.c allowed local guest OS     privileged users to cause a denial of service (file     descriptor or memory consumption) via vectors related to     an already in-use fid (bsc#1032075)

  - CVE-2017-8086: A memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr     function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c allowed local guest OS     privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value     variable (bsc#1035950)

  - CVE-2017-7471: The VirtFS host directory sharing via     Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support was vulnerable to an     improper access control issue which allowed a privileged     user inside guest to access host file system beyond the     shared folder and potentially escalating their     privileges on a host (bsc#1034866)

  - CVE-2016-6835: Buffer overflow in the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC     device support, causing an OOB read access (bsc#994605)

  - CVE-2016-6834: A infinite loop during packet     fragmentation in the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support     allowed privileged user inside guest to crash the Qemu     instance resulting in DoS (bsc#994418)

  - Fix privilege escalation in TCG mode (bsc#1030624)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10028)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the JAZZ RC4030 device. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-8667)

Jann Horn discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS directory sharing. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to access files on the host file system outside of the shared directory and possibly escalate their privileges. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-9602)

Gerd Hoffmann discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Cirrus VGA device when being used with a VNC connection. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile.
(CVE-2016-9603)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to leak contents of host memory. (CVE-2016-9908)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9912, CVE-2017-5552, CVE-2017-5578)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS directory sharing. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-9914)

Jiang Xin and Wjjzhang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SDHCI device emulation. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-5987)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB OHCI controller emulation. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to hang, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-6505).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.05, has qemu-kvm packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Quick emulator (QEMU) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx     VGA Emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds     access issue. The issue could occur while copying VGA     data in cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo. A privileged user     inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU     process OR potentially execute arbitrary code on host     with privileges of the QEMU process. (CVE-2017-2620)

  - Quick emulator (QEMU) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx     VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds     access issue. It could occur while copying VGA data via     bitblt copy in backward mode. A privileged user inside a     guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process     resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code     on the host with privileges of QEMU process on the host.
    (CVE-2017-2615)

  - An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick     Emulator (QEMU) in the VNC display driver. This flaw     could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface     area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside     a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.
    (CVE-2017-2633)

  - An integer overflow flaw and an out-of-bounds read flaw     were found in the way QEMU's VGA emulator set certain     VGA registers while in VBE mode. A privileged guest user     could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance.
    (CVE-2016-3712)

  - An out-of-bounds read-access flaw was found in the QEMU     emulator built with IP checksum routines. The flaw could     occur when computing a TCP/UDP packet's checksum,     because a QEMU function used the packet's payload length     without checking against the data buffer's size. A user     inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU     process (denial of service). (CVE-2016-2857)

  - A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in QEMU's Cirrus     CLGD 54xx VGA emulator's VNC display driver support; the     issue could occur when a VNC client attempted to update     its display after a VGA operation is performed by a     guest. A privileged user/process inside a guest could     use this flaw to crash the QEMU process or, potentially,     execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of     the QEMU process. (CVE-2016-9603)

  - An out-of-bounds access issue was found in QEMU's Cirrus     CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support. The vulnerability could     occur while copying VGA data using bitblt functions (for     example, cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_). A privileged     user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the     QEMU process, resulting in denial of service.
    (CVE-2017-7718)

  - An out-of-bounds r/w access issue was found in QEMU's     Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support. The vulnerability     could occur while copying VGA data via various bitblt     functions. A privileged user inside a guest could use     this flaw to crash the QEMU process or, potentially,     execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of     the QEMU process. (CVE-2017-7980)

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

This update for xen fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7228: Broken check in memory_exchange()     permited PV guest breakout (bsc#1030442).

  - XSA-206: Unprivileged guests issuing writes to xenstore     were able to stall progress of the control domain or     driver domain, possibly leading to a Denial of Service     (DoS) of the entire host (bsc#1030144).

  - CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function in     hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors     involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors     (bsc#1028235).

  - CVE-2017-6414: Memory leak in the vcard_apdu_new     function in card_7816.c in libcacard allowed local guest     OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory     consumption) via vectors related to allocating a new     APDU object (bsc#1027570).

  - CVE-2017-2633: The VNC display driver support was     vulnerable to an out-of-bounds memory access issue. A     user/process inside guest could use this flaw to cause     DoS (bsc#1026636).

  - CVE-2016-9603: A privileged user within the guest VM can     cause a heap overflow in the device model process,     potentially escalating their privileges to that of the     device model process (bsc#1028655).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for xen fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :

  - A malicious 64-bit PV guest may be able to access all of     system memory, allowing for all of privilege escalation,     host crashes, and information leaks by placing a IRET     hypercall in the middle of a multicall batch (XSA-213,     bsc#1034843)

  - A malicious pair of guests may be able to access all of     system memory, allowing for all of privilege escalation,     host crashes, and information leaks because of a missing     check when transfering pages via GNTTABOP_transfer     (XSA-214, bsc#1034844).

  - CVE-2017-7718: hw/display/cirrus_vga_rop.h allowed local     guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) via vectors     related to copying VGA data via the     cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_ and cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_     functions (bsc#1034994).

  - CVE-2016-9603: A privileged user within the guest VM     could have caused a heap overflow in the device model     process, potentially escalating their privileges to that     of the device model process (bsc#1028655)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
220361	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9603	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	7/27/2026	critical
289162	MiracleLinux 7 : qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7.6 (AXSA:2017-1615:03)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/16/2026	1/16/2026	critical
99961	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:1146-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/3/2017	12/22/2025	critical
104471	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2017:2946-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/9/2017	11/14/2025	critical
99686	Ubuntu 17.04 : qemu vulnerabilities (USN-3268-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/26/2017	12/23/2025	critical
127343	NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : qemu-kvm Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0108)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	1/14/2021	critical
99579	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:1080-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/21/2017	12/23/2025	critical
99962	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:1147-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/3/2017	12/22/2025	critical

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