Use After Free Affecting ivshmem-tools package, versions <15:3.1.0-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.84% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-IVSHMEMTOOLS-2530956
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Sept 2017

Introduced: 1 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-13711  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 ivshmem-tools to version 15:3.1.0-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4585.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ivshmem-tools package and not the ivshmem-tools package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the sofree function in slirp/socket.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to properly clear ifq_so from pending packets.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1