SB2024071840 - Denial of service in QEMU
Published: July 18, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024071840
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) Reachable assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3567)
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the update_sctp_checksum() function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c when trying to calculate the checksum of a short-sized fragmented packet. A malicious guest can crash the QUEMU process.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.