Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting qemu-kvm package, versions <2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-QEMUKVM-2533794
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Jun 2019

Introduced: 3 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-9824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 qemu-kvm to version 2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-1650.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm package and not the qemu-kvm package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

tcp_emu in slirp/tcp_subr.c (aka slirp/src/tcp_subr.c) in QEMU 3.0.0 uses uninitialized data in an snprintf call, leading to Information disclosure.