Use After Free Affecting ocaml-libguestfs package, versions <1:1.40.2-28.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20363+3abb8f5b


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-OCAMLLIBGUESTFS-2594104
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Jul 2020

Introduced: 21 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15859  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 ocaml-libguestfs to version 1:1.40.2-28.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20363+3abb8f5b or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-4191.

NVD Description

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

QEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.

CVSS Scores

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