Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.46


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-346421
  • published19 Mar 2019
  • disclosed3 Jun 2019

Introduced: 19 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.46 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

tcp_emu in slirp/tcp_subr.c (aka slirp/src/tcp_subr.c) in QEMU 3.0.0 uses uninitialized data in an snprintf call, leading to Information disclosure.