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Resource Exhaustion Affecting qemu-kvm-tools package, versions <17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.4

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-QEMUKVMTOOLS-7418087
  • published 3 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 9 Jul 2024
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Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-4467 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-400 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 qemu-kvm-tools to version 17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:4278.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in the QEMU disk image utility (qemu-img) 'info' command. A specially crafted image file containing a json:{} value describing block devices in QMP could cause the qemu-img process on the host to consume large amounts of memory or CPU time, leading to denial of service or read/write to an existing external file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7.8 high