Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting qemu-ui-spice-app package, versions <5.2.0-23.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-QEMUUISPICEAPP-2669811
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Jul 2021

Introduced: 21 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-3608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 qemu-ui-spice-app to version 5.2.0-23.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-ui-spice-app package and not the qemu-ui-spice-app package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device in versions prior to 6.1.0. The issue occurs while handling a "PVRDMA_REG_DSRHIGH" write from the guest and may result in a crash of QEMU or cause undefined behavior due to the access of an uninitialized pointer. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Scores

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