Reachable Assertion Affecting qemu package, versions <1:5.2+dfsg-1


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.2% (57th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
4.4 medium
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Red Hat
3.8 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558471
  • published 28 Oct 2020
  • disclosed 6 Nov 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 qemu to version 1:5.2+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.

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.