Information Exposure Affecting virt:rhel/lua-guestfs package, versions <1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-3521268
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Mar 2019

Introduced: 1 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 virt:rhel/lua-guestfs to version 1:1.38.4-14.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3345.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt:rhel/lua-guestfs package and not the virt:rhel/lua-guestfs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

tcp_emu in slirp/tcp_subr.c (aka slirp/src/tcp_subr.c) in QEMU 3.0.0 uses uninitialized data in an snprintf call, leading to Information disclosure.