Use After Free Affecting virt:rhel/qemu-kvm-block-gluster package, versions <15:4.2.0-59.module+el8.5.0+12817+cb650d43


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-4129269
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Jul 2020

Introduced: 16 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15859  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 virt:rhel/qemu-kvm-block-gluster to version 15:4.2.0-59.module+el8.5.0+12817+cb650d43 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4191.

NVD Description

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

QEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.

CVSS Scores

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