Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting qemu-guest-agent package, versions <10:3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-QEMUGUESTAGENT-1682885
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed3 Jun 2019

Introduced: 3 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-9824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 qemu-guest-agent to version 10:3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1467.

NVD Description

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

tcp_emu in slirp/tcp_subr.c (aka slirp/src/tcp_subr.c) in QEMU 3.0.0 uses uninitialized data in an snprintf call, leading to Information disclosure.