Reachable Assertion Affecting libvirt package, versions <0:6.0.0-35.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBVIRT-3291972
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed11 Aug 2020

Introduced: 11 Aug 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libvirt to version 0:6.0.0-35.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:1762.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt package and not the libvirt package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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.

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