Use After Free Affecting qemu-kvm-core package, versions <17:8.0.0-16.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-QEMUKVMCORE-6065195
  • published17 Nov 2023
  • disclosed13 Sept 2023

Introduced: 13 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-2680  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 qemu-kvm-core to version 17:8.0.0-16.el9_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-6368.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm-core package and not the qemu-kvm-core package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

This CVE exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3750. More specifically, the qemu-kvm package as released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 via RHSA-2022:7967 included a version of qemu-kvm that was actually missing the fix for CVE-2021-3750.

CVSS Scores

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