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Debian: CVE-2023-3301: qemu -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-3301: qemu -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/13/2023
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the virtio-net pci frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu

References

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