SB2022061742 - openEuler update for qemu

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3507)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the fdctrl_transfer_handler() function in hw/block/fdc.c while processing DMA read data transfers from the floppy drive to the guest system. A remote privileged user on the guest OS can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the QEMU process on the host OS.

2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3611)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A remote user of the guest OS trigger an out-of-bounds write and crash the QEMU process on the host.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1716