Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu-guest-agent package, versions <2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-QEMUGUESTAGENT-1517023
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Oct 2017

Introduced: 11 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15289  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 qemu-guest-agent to version 2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6_9.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0516.

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.

The mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in Qemu allow local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access and Qemu process crash) via vectors related to dst calculation.

CVSS Scores

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