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Red Hat: CVE-2017-5898: Moderate: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:1856)

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Red Hat: CVE-2017-5898: Moderate: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:1856)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/05/2017
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

Integer overflow in the emulated_apdu_from_guest function in usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c in Quick Emulator (Qemu), when built with the CCID Card device emulator support, allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large Application Protocol Data Units (APDU) unit.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-img
  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common
  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools

References

  • 96112
  • DLA-842-1
  • DLA-845-1
  • GLSA-201702-28
  • CVE-2017-5898
  • RHSA-2017:1856
  • RHSA-2017:2392
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0570
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0582
  • USN-3261-1
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