Use After Free Affecting qemu-kvm package, versions <10:1.5.3-156.amzn2.2.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.84% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-QEMUKVM-1663103
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed1 Sept 2017

Introduced: 1 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-13711  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 qemu-kvm to version 10:1.5.3-156.amzn2.2.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1034.

NVD Description

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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the sofree function in slirp/socket.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to properly clear ifq_so from pending packets.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1