Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-1568
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 106 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in qemu affect PowerKVM | 18 Jun 201801:33 | – | ibm | |
| The vulnerability of the QEMU hardware emulation software allows a hacker to trigger a maintenance failure or execute arbitrary code. | 5 May 201600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| QEMU Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-00314) | 16 Jan 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-1568 | 8 Apr 201616:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-1568 | 8 Apr 201616:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3469-1] qemu security update | 8 Feb 201619:45 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3469-1] qemu security update | 8 Feb 201619:45 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3470-1] qemu-kvm security update | 8 Feb 201619:45 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3470-1] qemu-kvm security update | 8 Feb 201619:45 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3471-1] qemu security update | 8 Feb 201619:45 | – | debian |
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1568");
script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-1568");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows
guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an
invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command. (CVE-2016-1568)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-1568");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcacard-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcacard");
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script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-7", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7");
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}
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"CentOS Linux-7": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "libcacard"},
{"reference": "libcacard-devel"},
{"reference": "libcacard-tools"},
{"reference": "qemu-guest-agent"},
{"reference": "qemu-img"},
{"reference": "qemu-kvm"},
{"reference": "qemu-kvm-common"},
{"reference": "qemu-kvm-tools"}
]
}
]
},
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "libcacard"},
{"reference": "libcacard-devel"},
{"reference": "libcacard-tools"},
{"reference": "qemu-guest-agent"},
{"reference": "qemu-img"},
{"reference": "qemu-kvm"},
{"reference": "qemu-kvm-common"},
{"reference": "qemu-kvm-tools"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
var vendor;
foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
}
}
}
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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