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SUSE: Security Advisory for KVM (SUSE-SU-2015:0929-1)

🗓️ 16 Oct 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'KVM' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. KVM was updated to fix the following security issues: CVE-2015-3456, CVE-2014-0222, CVE-2014-0223

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850901");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-10-16 13:50:39 +0200 (Fri, 16 Oct 2015)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0222", "CVE-2014-0223", "CVE-2015-3456");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.7");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory for KVM (SUSE-SU-2015:0929-1)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'KVM'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"KVM was updated to fix the following security issues:

  * CVE-2015-3456: Buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which
  could be used to carry out denial of service attacks or potential
  code execution against the host. This vulnerability is also known as
  VENOM.

  * CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in
  block/qcow.c in QEMU allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of
  service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image.

  * CVE-2014-0223: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in
  block/qcow.c in QEMU allowed local users to cause a denial of
  service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large
  image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read.

  Special Instructions and Notes:

  Please reboot the system after installing this update.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"KVM on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_xref(name:"SUSE-SU", value:"2015:0929-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=SLES11\.0SP1");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLES11.0SP1") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kvm", rpm:"kvm~0.12.5~1.26.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 27.7
EPSS0.15275
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