Reachable Assertion Affecting qemu-kvm-common-rhev package, versions <10:2.10.0-21.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUKVMCOMMONRHEV-5075367
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Aug 2017

Introduced: 24 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13673  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-kvm-common-rhev to version 10:2.10.0-21.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1113.

NVD Description

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

The vga display update in mis-calculated the region for the dirty bitmap snapshot in case split screen mode is used causing a denial of service (assertion failure) in the cpu_physical_memory_snapshot_get_dirty function.