SB2022041137 - SUSE update for qemu 

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SB2022041137 - SUSE update for qemu

Published: April 11, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022041137
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20196)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the floppy disk emulator of QEMU. A privileged guest can trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and cause a denial of service. 


2) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3930)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in the SCSI device emulation in QEMU. A remote user on the guest OS can can trigger an off-by-one error while processing MODE SELECT commands in mode_sense_page() if the 'page' argument is set to MODE_PAGE_ALLS (0x3f). Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in QEMU crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References