Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu-img-ma package, versions <10:2.12.0-33.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUIMGMA-4942457
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Jan 2019

Introduced: 11 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6501  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-img-ma to version 10:2.12.0-33.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2166.

NVD Description

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

In QEMU 3.1, scsi_handle_inquiry_reply in hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c allows out-of-bounds write and read operations.