SB2023031732 - Denial of service in QEMU
Published: March 17, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023031732
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) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14394)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the USB xHCI controller emulation of QEMU while computing the length of the Transfer Request Block (TRB) Ring. A privileged user on the guest OS can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions of the QEMU process on the host.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.