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CentOS Update for kmod-kvm CESA-2012:1235 centos5

🗓️ 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'kmod-kvm' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. A flaw was found in the way QEMU handled VT100 terminal escape sequences when emulating certain character devices. A guest user with privileges to write to a character device that is emulated on the host using a virtual console back-end could use this flaw to crash the qemu-kvm process on the host or, possibly, escalate their privileges on the host. (CVE-2012-3515) Affected configurations were when guests were started from the command line and guests that were managed via libvirt. All KVM users should upgrade to these updated packages

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2012-September/018847.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881487");
  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:"2012-09-07 11:26:09 +0530 (Fri, 07 Sep 2012)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3515");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2012:1235");
  script_name("CentOS Update for kmod-kvm CESA-2012:1235 centos5");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'kmod-kvm'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"kmod-kvm on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for
  Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. KVM is a Linux kernel module built
  for the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel.

  A flaw was found in the way QEMU handled VT100 terminal escape sequences
  when emulating certain character devices. A guest user with privileges to
  write to a character device that is emulated on the host using a virtual
  console back-end could use this flaw to crash the qemu-kvm process on the
  host or, possibly, escalate their privileges on the host. (CVE-2012-3515)

  This flaw did not affect the default use of KVM. Affected configurations
  were:

  * When guests were started from the command line ('/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm'),
  and without specifying a serial or parallel device that specifically does
  not use a virtual console (vc) back-end. (Note that Red Hat does not
  support invoking 'qemu-kvm' from the command line on Red Hat Enterprise
  Linux 5.)

  * Guests that were managed via libvirt, such as when using Virtual Machine
  Manager (virt-manager), but that have a serial or parallel device that uses
  a virtual console back-end. By default, guests managed via libvirt will not
  use a virtual console back-end for such devices.

  Red Hat would like to thank the Xen project for reporting this issue.

  All KVM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this
  issue. Note: The procedure in the Solution section must be performed before
  this update will take effect.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kmod-kvm", rpm:"kmod-kvm~83~249.el5.centos.5", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kmod-kvm-debug", rpm:"kmod-kvm-debug~83~249.el5.centos.5", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kvm", rpm:"kvm~83~249.el5.centos.5", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kvm-qemu-img", rpm:"kvm-qemu-img~83~249.el5.centos.5", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kvm-tools", rpm:"kvm-tools~83~249.el5.centos.5", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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