Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package qemu-guest-agent  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-QEMUGUESTAGENT-9442133
  • published15 Mar 2025
  • disclosed4 Jul 2023

Introduced: 4 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-3255  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-guest-agent package and not the qemu-guest-agent package as distributed by RHEL.

A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. A wrong exit condition may lead to an infinite loop when inflating an attacker controlled zlib buffer in the inflate_buffer function. This could allow a remote authenticated client who is able to send a clipboard to the VNC server to trigger a denial of service.