Use After Free Affecting qemu-sgabios package, versions <8-150500.49.15.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-QEMUSGABIOS-6689760
  • published29 Apr 2024
  • disclosed25 Apr 2024

Introduced: 25 Apr 2024

CVE-2023-3019  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 qemu-sgabios to version 8-150500.49.15.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-sgabios package and not the qemu-sgabios package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

A DMA reentrancy issue leading to a use-after-free error was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code in QEMU. This issue could allow a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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