Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu-img package, versions <10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUIMG-4999695
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Dec 2013

Introduced: 3 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-4536  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-img to version 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0927.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-img package and not the qemu-img package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An user able to alter the savevm data (either on the disk or over the wire during migration) could use this flaw to to corrupt QEMU process memory on the (destination) host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code execution on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

CVSS Scores

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