Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <1:3.1+dfsg-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.56% (78th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558246
- published 9 Oct 2018
- disclosed 9 Oct 2018
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12
qemu
to version 1:3.1+dfsg-1 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:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
Qemu has a Buffer Overflow in pcnet_receive in hw/net/pcnet.c because an incorrect integer data type is used.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17962
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4338
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-17962.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17962/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03268.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-17962
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2892
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-17962
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3826-1/