Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883113
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2019:2863 centos6
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:2863 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:2863 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host. (CVE-2019-14835) Affected Software/OS: 'kernel' package(s) on CentOS 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). 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-2019-14835 20190925 [SECURITY] [DSA 4531-1] linux security update https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/41 20191108 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-311-01) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 DSA-4531 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4531 FEDORA-2019-a570a92d5a https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YW3QNMPENPFEGVTOFPSNOBL7JEIJS25P/ FEDORA-2019-e3010166bd https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQFY6JYFIQ2VFQ7QCSXPWTUL5ZDNCJL5/ RHBA-2019:2824 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 RHSA-2019:2827 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2827 RHSA-2019:2828 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2828 RHSA-2019:2829 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2829 RHSA-2019:2830 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2830 RHSA-2019:2854 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2854 RHSA-2019:2862 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2862 RHSA-2019:2863 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2863 RHSA-2019:2864 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2864 RHSA-2019:2865 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2865 RHSA-2019:2866 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2866 RHSA-2019:2867 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2867 RHSA-2019:2869 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2869 RHSA-2019:2889 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2889 RHSA-2019:2899 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2899 RHSA-2019:2900 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2900 RHSA-2019:2901 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2901 RHSA-2019:2924 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2924 USN-4135-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/ USN-4135-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/ [debian-lts-announce] 20190925 [SECURITY] [DLA 1930-1] linux security update https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html [debian-lts-announce] 20191001 [SECURITY] [DLA 1940-1] linux-4.9 security update https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00000.html [oss-security] 20190924 Re: CVE-2019-14835: QEMU-KVM Guest to Host Kernel Escape Vulnerability: vhost/vhost_net kernel buffer overflow http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/24/1 [oss-security] 20191003 Re: CVE-2019-14835: QEMU-KVM Guest to Host Kernel Escape Vulnerability: vhost/vhost_net kernel buffer overflow http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/03/1 [oss-security] 20191009 Re: CVE-2019-14835: QEMU-KVM Guest to Host Kernel Escape Vulnerability: vhost/vhost_net kernel buffer overflow http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/7 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154572/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0056-1.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200115-01-qemu-en https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14835 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/17/1 openSUSE-SU-2019:2173 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html openSUSE-SU-2019:2181 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
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