SB2021050640 - Denial of service in QEMU
Published: May 6, 2021 Updated: June 21, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021050640
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.