Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882306
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for kmod-kvm CESA-2015:1925 centos5
Summary:	Check the version of kmod-kvm
Description:	Summary: Check the version of kmod-kvm Vulnerability Insight: KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the way QEMU's NE2000 NIC emulation implementation handled certain packets received over the network. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance (denial of service) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2015-5279) Red Hat would like to thank Qinghao Tang of QIHU 360 Inc. for reporting this issue. All kvm users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Note: The procedure in the Solution section must be performed before this update will take effect. Affected Software/OS: kmod-kvm on CentOS 5 Solution: Please install the updated packages. CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5279 1033569 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033569 76746 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76746 DSA-3361 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3361 DSA-3362 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3362 FEDORA-2015-16368 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html FEDORA-2015-16369 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.html FEDORA-2015-16370 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167369.html GLSA-201602-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 RHSA-2015:1896 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1896.html RHSA-2015:1923 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1923.html RHSA-2015:1924 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1924.html RHSA-2015:1925 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1925.html SUSE-SU-2015:1782 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html [Qemu-devel] 20150915 [PULL 2/3] net: add checks to validate ring buffer pointers https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03984.html [oss-security] 20150915 CVE-2015-5279 Qemu: net: add checks to validate ring buffer pointers http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/3 http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7aa2bcad0ca837dd6d4bf4fa38a80314b4a6b755 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14
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