Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qemu package, versions <1:5.2+dfsg-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (20th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-1047684
- published 2 Dec 2020
- disclosed 4 Dec 2020
Introduced: 2 Dec 2020
CVE-2020-28916 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28916
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/01/2
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-11/msg03185.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html