| VID |
14255 |
| Severity |
40 |
| Port |
22 |
| Protocol |
TCP |
| Class |
LSC |
| Detailed Description |
The remote system does not apply CESA-2019:2829 which is kernel security update. The system which does not apply the update is affected by 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.
Note: This check solely relied on the kernel RPM version of the remote system to assess this vulnerability, so this might be a false positive.
* References:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2019-October/023457.html
* Platforms Affected:
CentOS Linux Server (v. 7) |
| Recommendation |
Update the affected packages.
Launch the graphical update tool through
System -> Administration -> Software Update
For a command line interface, use the following command to update the operating system:
# yum update |
| Related URL |
CVE-2019-14835 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
(SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
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