CentOS Update for qemu-guest-agent CESA-2015:0998 centos6
🗓️ 09 Jun 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882181");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_cve_id("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:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-06-09 11:02:51 +0200 (Tue, 09 Jun 2015)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("CentOS Update for qemu-guest-agent CESA-2015:0998 centos6");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of qemu-guest-agent");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a
full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems.
The qemu-kvm package provides the user-space component for running virtual
machines using KVM.
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the way QEMU's virtual
Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) handled FIFO buffer access while processing
certain FDC commands. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash
the guest or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with the
privileges of the host's QEMU process corresponding to the guest.
(CVE-2015-3456)
Red Hat would like to thank Jason Geffner of CrowdStrike for reporting
this issue.
All qemu-kvm users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this
update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines
have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"qemu-guest-agent on CentOS 6");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2015:0998");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-May/021136.html");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 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=CentOS6");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"qemu-guest-agent", rpm:"qemu-guest-agent~0.12.1.2~2.448.el6_6.3", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"qemu-img", rpm:"qemu-img~0.12.1.2~2.448.el6_6.3", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"qemu-kvm", rpm:"qemu-kvm~0.12.1.2~2.448.el6_6.3", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"qemu-kvm-tools", rpm:"qemu-kvm-tools~0.12.1.2~2.448.el6_6.3", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 27.7
EPSS0.15275