SB2019062108 - Fedora 30 update for qemu



SB2019062108 - Fedora 30 update for qemu

Published: June 21, 2019 Updated: April 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2019062108
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 75% Low 25%
  • Low
  • Medium
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12155)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in "hw/display/qxl.c". A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5008)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in "hw/sparc64/sun4u.c". A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a device driver.


3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20815)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the deprecated "load_image" function, as defined in the "device_tree.c" file. A remote attacker can submit a large image file to the affected system, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


4) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9824)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information on the system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the SLiRP networking implementation. A local user can read uninitialised stack memory contents.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.