RHEL 7 : qemu-kvm-rhev (RHSA-2018:2887)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118126

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for qemu-kvm-rhev.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2887 advisory.

- QEMU: slirp: heap buffer overflow while reassembling fragmented datagrams (CVE-2018-11806)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL qemu-kvm-rhev package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2887.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?733823ea

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2887

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1586245

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619128

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118126

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2887.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2018

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 10/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11806

CWE: 122

RHSA: 2018:2887