SB20231017149 - Anolis OS update for qemu



SB20231017149 - Anolis OS update for qemu

Published: October 17, 2023 Updated: March 28, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB20231017149
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3255)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the vnc_client_cut_text_ext function in ui/vnc-clipboard.c. A remote authenticated client who is able to send a clipboard to the QEMU built-in VNC server can perform a denial of service conditions.


2) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3301)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion. When a peer nic is still attached to the vdpa backend, it is too early to free up the vhost-net and vdpa structures. If these structures are freed here, then QEMU crashes when the guest is being shut down.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.