Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu-guest-agent package, versions <2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-QEMUGUESTAGENT-1510573
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 May 2016

Introduced: 9 May 2016

CVE-2016-3712  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 qemu-guest-agent to version 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0621.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-guest-agent package and not the qemu-guest-agent package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the VGA module in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by editing VGA registers in VBE mode.

CVSS Scores

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