Buffer Overflow Affecting linux-4.9 package, versions <4.9.189-3+deb9u1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LINUX49-469478
  • published17 Sept 2019
  • disclosed17 Sept 2019

Introduced: 17 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-14835  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 linux-4.9 to version 4.9.189-3+deb9u1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.9 package and not the linux-4.9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer overflow flaw was found, in versions from 2.6.34 to 5.2.x, in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host when migration is underway, could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host.

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CVSS Base Scores

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