Reachable Assertion Affecting qemu package, versions <1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.2% (57th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-1023297
- published 28 Oct 2020
- disclosed 6 Nov 2020
Introduced: 28 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-27617 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
qemu
to version 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu
package and not the qemu
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27617
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0002/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/02/1
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-10/msg05731.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00047.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html