Use After Free Affecting qemu-img package, versions <15:4.2.0-59.module+el8.5.0+12817+cb650d43
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-QEMUIMG-2134145
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 16 Jul 2020
Introduced: 16 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-15859 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 qemu-img to version 15:4.2.0-59.module+el8.5.0+12817+cb650d43 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-img package and not the qemu-img package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
QEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15859
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1886362
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05304.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/21/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4191
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
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