Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting qemu-kvm-tools package, versions <2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-QEMUKVMTOOLS-2158682
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed26 Sept 2018

Introduced: 26 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-10839  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 qemu-kvm-tools to version 2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm-tools package and not the qemu-kvm-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Qemu emulator <= 3.0.0 built with the NE2000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an integer overflow, which could lead to buffer overflow issue. It could occur when receiving packets over the network. A user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS.