Reachable assertion in QEMU - CVE-2024-3567

 

Reachable assertion in QEMU - CVE-2024-3567

Published: July 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94529
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3567
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-3567

Install updates from vendor's website.

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