SB2024030635 - Privilege escalation in QEMU
Published: March 6, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024030635
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6693)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx() function if guest features
VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF
are enabled. A local user can trigger a stack based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.