CVE-2020-27617

Summary

CVECVE-2020-27617
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-06 08:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-23 15:28:00 UTC
Descriptioneth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 4.2.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 4.2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[PATCH v2] net: remove an assert call in eth_get_gso_type MISC lists.nongnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3099-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2469-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
November 2020 QEMU Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - CVE-2020-27617 QEMU: net: an assert failure via eth_get_gso_type CONFIRM www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159343 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:ol and virt-devel:rhel (ELSA-2021-3061)
  • 174920 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1243-1)
  • 174921 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1245-1)
  • 174922 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1240-1)
  • 174923 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1241-1)
  • 174924 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1244-1)
  • 174926 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1242-1)
  • 180995 Debian Security Update for qemu (DLA 3099-1)
  • 239539 Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2021:3061)
  • 377346 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0058)
  • 502351 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 671198 EulerOS Security Update for qemu (EulerOS-SA-2022-1034)
  • 671203 EulerOS Security Update for qemu (EulerOS-SA-2022-1014)
  • 750251 OpenSUSE Security Update for qemu (openSUSE-SU-2021:0600-1)
  • 940064 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2021:3061)
  • 960072 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RLSA-2021:3061)
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