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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3088-1 (qemu-kvm - security update)

🗓️ 04 Dec 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.netType 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3088-1 for qemu-kvm security update, addressing insufficient blit region checks in the Cirrus VGA emulator

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3088.nasl 6769 2017-07-20 09:56:33Z teissa $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3088-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#


if(description)
{
    script_id(703088);
    script_version("$Revision: 6769 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8106");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3088-1 (qemu-kvm - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-20 11:56:33 +0200 (Thu, 20 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2014-12-04 00:00:00 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2014)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3088.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "qemu-kvm on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "Using KVM, one can run multiple virtual
PCs, each running unmodified Linux or Windows images. Each virtual machine has
private virtualized hardware: a network card, disk, graphics adapter, etc.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (wheezy),
this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu-kvm packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "Paolo Bonzini of Red Hat discovered that
the blit region checks were insufficient in the Cirrus VGA emulator in qemu-kvm,
a full virtualization solution on x86 hardware. A privileged guest user could
use this flaw to write into qemu address space on the host, potentially
escalating their privileges to those of the qemu host process.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software
version using the apt package manager.");
    script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
    exit(0);
}

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

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kvm", ver:"1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u6", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"qemu-kvm", ver:"1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u6", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"qemu-kvm-dbg", ver:"1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u6", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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20 Jul 2017 00:00Current
0.2Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.2
EPSS0.00603
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