Reachable Assertion Affecting nbdkit-xz-filter package, versions <0:1.16.2-4.0.1.module+el8.3.0+7860+a7792d29


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NBDKITXZFILTER-2585584
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Dec 2020

Introduced: 2 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-25723  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nbdkit-xz-filter to version 0:1.16.2-4.0.1.module+el8.3.0+7860+a7792d29 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-1762.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nbdkit-xz-filter package and not the nbdkit-xz-filter package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A reachable assertion issue was found in the USB EHCI emulation code of QEMU. It could occur while processing USB requests due to missing handling of DMA memory map failure. A malicious privileged user within the guest may abuse this flaw to send bogus USB requests and crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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