Use After Free Affecting qemu-kvm-block-blkio package, versions <17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-QEMUKVMBLOCKBLKIO-6060739
  • published 15 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 7 Nov 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 qemu-kvm-block-blkio to version 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3.alma.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:6368.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm-block-blkio package and not the qemu-kvm-block-blkio package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

This CVE exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750. More specifically, the qemu-kvm package as released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 via RHSA-2022:7967 included a version of qemu-kvm that was actually missing the fix for CVE-2021-3750.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8.2 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high