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Debian DSA-4566-1 : qemu - security update

🗓️ 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The update for QEMU, a fast processor emulator, backports support to passthrough the pschange-mc-no CPU flag, allowing to disable iTLB Multihit mitigations in nested hypervisors

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Code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4566. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(130984);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/14");

  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4566");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4566-1 : qemu - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update for QEMU, a fast processor emulator, backports support to
passthrough the pschange-mc-no CPU flag. The virtualised MSR seen by a
guest is set to show the bug as fixed, allowing to disable iTLB
Multihit mitigations in nested hypervisors (cf. DSA 4564-1)."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=944623"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/qemu"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/qemu"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4566"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the qemu packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-block-extra", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-guest-agent", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-kvm", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-arm", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-common", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-data", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-gui", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-mips", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-misc", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-ppc", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-sparc", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-system-x86", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-user", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-user-binfmt", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-user-static", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"qemu-utils", reference:"1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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