Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting ivshmem-tools package, versions <10:3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-IVSHMEMTOOLS-5663333
  • published1 Jun 2023
  • disclosed26 May 2021

Introduced: 26 May 2021

CVE-2021-3527  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ivshmem-tools to version 10:3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2061.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ivshmem-tools package and not the ivshmem-tools package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the USB redirector device (usb-redir) of QEMU. Small USB packets are combined into a single, large transfer request, to reduce the overhead and improve performance. The combined size of the bulk transfer is used to dynamically allocate a variable length array (VLA) on the stack without proper validation. Since the total size is not bounded, a malicious guest could use this flaw to influence the array length and cause the QEMU process to perform an excessive allocation on the stack, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1