The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'kvm' package(s) due to a denial of service vulnerability
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 27 |
---|---|---|---|---|
OpenVAS | SLES11: Security update for KVM | 11 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | SLES11: Security update for KVM | 11 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1846-1 (kvm) | 17 Aug 200900:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1845-1 (linux-2.6) | 17 Aug 200900:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1845-1) | 17 Aug 200900:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-807-1) | 26 Aug 202200:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:188 (kernel) | 27 Sep 201000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:198 (kernel) | 19 Oct 201000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:188 (kernel) | 27 Sep 201000:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:198 (kernel) | 19 Oct 201000:00 | – | openvas |
Source | Link |
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security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1846 |
debian | www.debian.org/security/2009/DSA-1846-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64557");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2287");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-08-17 14:54:45 +0000 (Mon, 17 Aug 2009)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1846-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB5");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1846-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/DSA-1846-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1846");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'kvm' package(s) announced via the DSA-1846-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Matt T. Yourst discovered an issue in the kvm subsystem. Local users with permission to manipulate /dev/kvm can cause a denial of service (hang) by providing an invalid cr3 value to the KVM_SET_SREGS call.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 72+dfsg-5~lenny2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your kvm packages, and rebuild any kernel modules you have built from a kvm-source package version.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'kvm' package(s) on Debian 5.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB5") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kvm", ver:"72+dfsg-5~lenny2", rls:"DEB5"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kvm-source", ver:"72+dfsg-5~lenny2", rls:"DEB5"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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