SB20240611191 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel modules

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SB20240611191 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel modules

Published: June 11, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240611191
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.


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

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVSSv4: 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


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) Improper synchronization (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5088)

CWE-ID: CWE-662 - Improper Synchronization

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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 improper synchronization, which causes guest I/O operation otherwise addressed to an arbitrary disk offset to be targeted to offset 0 instead. An L2 guest with a virtual disk (vdiskL2) stored on a virtual disk of an L1 (vdiskL1) hypervisor can read and/or write data to LBA 0 of vdiskL1, potentially gaining control of L1 at its next reboot.


3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6683)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: 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


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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing ClientCutText messages within the QEMU built-in VNC server. A remote authenticated VNC client can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6693)

CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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 when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx() function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. A local user can trigger a stack based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References