NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu-block-iscsi package, versions <15:3.1.0-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUBLOCKISCSI-2531327
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Aug 2017

Introduced: 23 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-block-iscsi 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 qemu-block-iscsi package and not the qemu-block-iscsi package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by flushing an empty CDROM device drive.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1