CVE-2020-10702 Affecting qemu-system-aarch64 package, versions <15:4.2.1-4.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-QEMUSYSTEMAARCH64-2596611
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Jun 2020

Introduced: 4 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10702  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 qemu-system-aarch64 to version 15:4.2.1-4.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9034.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-system-aarch64 package and not the qemu-system-aarch64 package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in QEMU in the implementation of the Pointer Authentication (PAuth) support for ARM introduced in version 4.0 and fixed in version 5.0.0. A general failure of the signature generation process caused every PAuth-enforced pointer to be signed with the same signature. A local attacker could obtain the signature of a protected pointer and abuse this flaw to bypass PAuth protection for all programs running on QEMU.

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