Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871801
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for qemu-kvm RHSA-2017:0987-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'qemu-kvm'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'qemu-kvm' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM. Security Fix(es): * A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in QEMU's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator's VNC display driver support the issue could occur when a VNC client attempted to update its display after a VGA operation is performed by a guest. A privileged user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the QEMU process. (CVE-2016-9603) Affected Software/OS: qemu-kvm on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 9.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9603 BugTraq ID: 96893 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96893 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00005.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0980 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0980 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0981 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0981 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0982 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0982 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0983 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0983 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0984 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0984 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0985 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0985 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0987 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0987 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0988 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0988 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1205 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1205 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1206 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1206 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1441 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1441 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038023
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