SB2021120919 - Denial of service in QEMU

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SB2021120919 - Denial of service in QEMU

Published: December 9, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021120919
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3930)

CWE-ID: CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


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

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in the SCSI device emulation in QEMU. A remote user on the guest OS can can trigger an off-by-one error while processing MODE SELECT commands in mode_sense_page() if the 'page' argument is set to MODE_PAGE_ALLS (0x3f). Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in QEMU crash.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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