Race Condition Affecting ocaml-hivex-devel package, versions <0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+90075+85334608


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-OCAMLHIVEXDEVEL-6081624
  • published23 Nov 2023
  • disclosed13 Sept 2023

Introduced: 13 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-3301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 ocaml-hivex-devel to version 0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.9.0+90075+85334608 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-6980.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the virtio-net pci frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1