CVE-2020-28916

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-28916
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-04 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-30 19:19:00 UTC
Descriptionhw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

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
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 5.0.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 5.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Re: [PATCH] hw/net/e1000e: advance desc_offset in case of null descripto MISC lists.nongnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3099-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2560-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2020-28916 QEMU: e1000e: infinite loop scenario in case of null packet descriptor 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

  • 159456 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:ol and virt-devel:rhel (ELSA-2021-1762)
  • 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)
  • 239306 Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2021:1762)
  • 377413 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0119)
  • 502352 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 750251 OpenSUSE Security Update for qemu (openSUSE-SU-2021:0600-1)
  • 940118 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2021:1762)
  • 960265 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RLSA-2021:1762)
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