CVE-2020-8608

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8608
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-06 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-14 03:50:00 UTC
DescriptionIn libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, tcp_subr.c misuses snprintf return values, leading to a buffer overflow in later code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libslirp Project Libslirp 4.1.0 All All All
Application Libslirp Project Libslirp 4.1.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4733-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4283-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-8608 QEMU Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
v4.1.0 · Tags · slirp / libslirp · GitLab MISC gitlab.freedesktop.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2551-1] slirp security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
tcp_emu: fix unsafe snprintf() usages (68ccb802) · Commits · slirp / libslirp · GitLab MISC gitlab.freedesktop.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2288-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2142-1] slirp security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2144-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2020-8608 QEMU: Slirp: potential OOB access due to unsafe snprintf() usages MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-66) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0468-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377058 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm-ma (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0067)
  • 377221 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0074)
  • 377335 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for container-tools:rhel8 (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0110)
  • 750097 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1837-1)
  • 750120 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1893-1)
  • 750124 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1894-1)
  • 750129 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1895-1)
  • 750138 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1918-1)
  • 750149 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1942-1)
  • 750152 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1947-1)
  • 750771 OpenSUSE Security Update for qemu (openSUSE-SU-2021:1942-1)
  • 750827 OpenSUSE Security Update for qemu (openSUSE-SU-2021:1043-1)
  • 940423 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel (ALSA-2020:2774)
  • 940515 AlmaLinux Security Update for container-tools:rhel8 (ALSA-2020:1379)
  • 960750 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel (RLSA-2020:2774)
  • 960875 Rocky Linux Security Update for container-tools:rhel8 (RLSA-2020:1379)
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