Resource Exhaustion Affecting qemu-pr-helper package, versions <17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-QEMUPRHELPER-7419115
  • published4 Jul 2024
  • disclosed2 Jul 2024

Introduced: 2 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-4467  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 qemu-pr-helper to version 17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-4278.

NVD Description

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

A flaw was found in the QEMU disk image utility (qemu-img) 'info' command. A specially crafted image file containing a json:{} value describing block devices in QMP could cause the qemu-img process on the host to consume large amounts of memory or CPU time, leading to denial of service or read/write to an existing external file.

CVSS Base Scores

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