Reachable Assertion Affecting virt:rhel/sgabios package, versions <1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-4060732
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jul 2020

Introduced: 27 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-16092  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 virt:rhel/sgabios to version 1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.1.0+4066+0f1aadab or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1762.

NVD Description

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

In QEMU through 5.0.0, an assertion failure can occur in the network packet processing. This issue affects the e1000e and vmxnet3 network devices. A malicious guest user/process could use this flaw to abort the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition in net_tx_pkt_add_raw_fragment in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c.

CVSS Scores

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