SB2021062230 - Deniall of service in QEMU



SB2021062230 - Deniall of service in QEMU

Published: June 22, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021062230
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20221)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds heap buffer access in the ARM Generic Interrupt Controller emulator of QEMU. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.