QID 239166

Date Published: 2021-03-24

QID 239166: Red Hat Update for qemu-kvm-rhev (RHSA-2021:0934)

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)
is a full virtualization solution forLinux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide theuser-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM inenvironments managed by Red Hat products.

Security Fix(es): slirp: use-after-free in ip_reass()
function in ip_input.c (CVE-2020-1983)
reachable assertion failure in net_tx_pkt_add_raw_fragment()
in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c (CVE-2020-16092)

Affected Products:

Red Hat OpenStack 13 x86_64
Red Hat OpenStack for IBM Power 13 ppc64le

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.
    • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:0934 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239166

    CVE-2020-1983 | CVE-2020-16092 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:0934 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0934?language=en
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