Reachable Assertion Affecting qemu package, versions <5.0.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-QEMU-8488774
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed6 Nov 2020

Introduced: 6 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-27617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 qemu to version 5.0.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.

CVSS Scores

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