SB2023073115 - SUSE update for qemu
Published: July 31, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4207)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. A privileged user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.
2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0330)
CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c in QEMU caused by a DMA-MMIO reentrancy problem. A local privileged user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2861)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. A local user can escape from the exported 9p tree by creating and opening a device file in the shared folder.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.