Fedora 36 update for qemu



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-0216
CWE-ID CWE-416
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

qemu
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU68551

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0216

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation of QEMU when processing repeated messages to cancel the current SCSI request via the lsi_do_msgout() function. A remote user on the guest OS can trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service attack against the QEMU host.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 36

qemu: before 6.2.0-14.fc36

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-baf3c3b781


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.



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