Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for qemu-kvm-ma

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU25510

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1711

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the way the iSCSI Block driver handles a response coming from an iSCSI server while checking the status of a Logical Address Block (LBA) in an "iscsi_co_block_status()" routine. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger heap-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition or potentially execute arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process on the host.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support: 7.5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support: 7.5

qemu-kvm-ma (Red Hat package): before 2.10.0-21.el7_5.5

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1505

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.