SB2023032331 - SUSE update for qemu 

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SB2023032331 - SUSE update for qemu

Published: March 23, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023032331
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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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 read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4144)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the qxl_phys2virt() function in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. A malicious guest user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the QEMU process on the host


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References