The version of qemu-kvm installed on the remote host is prior to 1.5.3-156.25. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1467 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2021-1467.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(144998);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-15890");
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2021-1467");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : qemu-kvm (ALAS-2021-1467)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of qemu-kvm installed on the remote host is prior to 1.5.3-156.25. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1467 advisory.
- libslirp 4.0.0, as used in QEMU 4.1.0, has a use-after-free in ip_reass in ip_input.c. (CVE-2019-15890)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2021-1467.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15890");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update qemu-kvm' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-15890");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/01/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-img");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
pkgs = [
{'reference':'qemu-img-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
{'reference':'qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
{'reference':'qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
{'reference':'qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
{'reference':'qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'}
];
flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
reference = NULL;
release = NULL;
cpu = NULL;
el_string = NULL;
rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
allowmaj = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (reference && release) {
if (rpm_check(release:release, cpu:cpu, reference:reference, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "qemu-img / qemu-kvm / qemu-kvm-common / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
amazon | linux | qemu-img | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-img |
amazon | linux | qemu-kvm | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm |
amazon | linux | qemu-kvm-common | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-common |
amazon | linux | qemu-kvm-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-debuginfo |
amazon | linux | qemu-kvm-tools | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-tools |
amazon | linux | cpe:/o:amazon:linux |