Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting virt:rhel/qemu-kvm-docs package, versions <15:6.2.0-32.module+el8.8.0+18361+9f407f6e


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIRT-5553446
  • published7 Jun 2022
  • disclosed25 Nov 2021

Introduced: 25 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-46790  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 virt:rhel/qemu-kvm-docs to version 15:6.2.0-32.module+el8.8.0+18361+9f407f6e or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2757.

NVD Description

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

ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving buffer+512*3-2. NOTE: the upstream position is that ntfsck is deprecated; however, it is shipped by some Linux distributions.

CVSS Scores

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