Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu-chardev-spice package, versions <5.2.0-150300.127.3
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- published 30 Aug 2023
- disclosed 28 Aug 2023
Introduced: 28 Aug 2023
CVE-2021-3638 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.3 qemu-chardev-spice to version 5.2.0-150300.127.3 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.
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the ATI VGA device emulation of QEMU. This flaw occurs in the ati_2d_blt() routine while handling MMIO write operations when the guest provides invalid values for the destination display parameters. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3638.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188609
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1979858
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3638
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-09/msg01682.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0003/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7J5IRXJYLELW7D43A75LOWRUE5EU54O/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTVPHLLXJ65BUMFBUUZ35F3J632SLFRK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTVPHLLXJ65BUMFBUUZ35F3J632SLFRK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7J5IRXJYLELW7D43A75LOWRUE5EU54O/