NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu-chardev-spice package, versions <5.2.0-103.2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES153-QEMUCHARDEVSPICE-2666026
- published 14 Apr 2022
- disclosed 27 Aug 2021
Introduced: 27 Aug 2021
CVE-2020-35505 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.3 qemu-chardev-spice to version 5.2.0-103.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-chardev-spice package and not the qemu-chardev-spice package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the am53c974 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0. This issue occurs while handling the 'Information Transfer' command. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35505.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180434
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/3
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/04/16/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1909769
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210713-0006/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html