Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu-common package, versions <10:3.1.0-7.amzn2.0.1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed31 May 2019
Introduced: 31 May 2019
CVE-2018-20815 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 qemu-common to version 10:3.1.0-7.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1248.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-common package and not the qemu-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
In QEMU 3.1.0, load_device_tree in device_tree.c calls the deprecated load_image function, which has a buffer overflow risk.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20815
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4506
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=da885fe1ee8b4589047484bd7fa05a4905b52b17
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1667
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1723
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1743
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1881
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1968
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2507
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=da885fe1ee8b4589047484bd7fa05a4905b52b17
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BOE3PVFPMWMXV3DGP2R3XIHAF2ZQU3FS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVDHJB2QKXNDU7OFXIHIL5O5VN5QCSZL/