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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882749
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for qemu-img CESA-2017:1681 centos7
Summary:Check the version of qemu-img
Description:Summary:
Check the version of qemu-img

Vulnerability Insight:
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a
full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures.
The qemu-kvm package provides the user-space component for running virtual
machines that use KVM.

Security Fix(es):

* Quick Emulator (QEMU) built with Network Block Device (NBD) Server
support was vulnerable to a null-pointer dereference issue. The flaw could
occur when releasing a client, which was not initialized due to failed
negotiation. A remote user or process could exploit this flaw to crash the
qemu-nbd server (denial of service). (CVE-2017-9524)

Affected Software/OS:
qemu-img on CentOS 7

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-9524
BugTraq ID: 99011
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99011
Debian Security Information: DSA-3925 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3925
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/12/1
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg06240.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-06/msg02321.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1681
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1681
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1682
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1682
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2408
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
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