Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu-block-ssh package, versions <2.11.2-9.12.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-QEMUBLOCKSSH-2760658
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Nov 2018

Introduced: 27 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 qemu-block-ssh to version 2.11.2-9.12.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-block-ssh package and not the qemu-block-ssh package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

An OOB heap buffer r/w access issue was found in the NVM Express Controller emulation in QEMU. It could occur in nvme_cmb_ops routines in nvme device. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially run arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process.

CVSS Scores

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