openEuler update for qemu



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-3682
CWE-ID CWE-763
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
openEuler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

qemu-seabios
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-help
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-img
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-guest-agent
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-block-iscsi
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-block-rbd
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-block-ssh
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu-block-curl
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

qemu
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Release of invalid pointer or reference

EUVDB-ID: #VU63778

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3682

CWE-ID: CWE-763 - Release of invalid pointer or reference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists in the USB redirector device emulation of QEMU when dropping packets during a bulk transfer from a SPICE client. A remote user can make QEMU call free() with faked heap chunk metadata to perform a denial of service or escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 20.03 LTS SP2

qemu-seabios: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-help: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-img: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-guest-agent: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-debugsource: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-block-iscsi: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-block-rbd: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-block-ssh: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-debuginfo: before 4.1.0-54

qemu-block-curl: before 4.1.0-54

qemu: before 4.1.0-54

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1316


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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