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Red Hat: CVE-2018-17963: Moderate: qemu-kvm-ma security and bug fix update (RHSA-2019:2166)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-17963: Moderate: qemu-kvm-ma security and bug fix update (RHSA-2019:2166)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/09/2018
Created
08/08/2019
Added
08/07/2019
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

qemu_deliver_packet_iov in net/net.c in Qemu accepts packet sizes greater than INT_MAX, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • DSA-4338
  • CVE-2018-17963
  • RHSA-2019:2166
  • RHSA-2019:2425
  • RHSA-2019:2553

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