QID 241416

Date Published: 2023-05-10

QID 241416: Red Hat Update for qemu-kvm security (RHSA-2023:2162)

Kernel-based virtual machine (kvm) is a full virtualization solution for linux on a variety of architectures.
The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use kvm...Security Fix(es):

    qemu: vnc: integer underflow in vnc_client_cut_text_ext leads to cpu exhaustion (cve-2022-3165).
    Qemu: acpi erst: memory corruption issues in read_erst_record and write_erst_record (cve-2022-4172).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 9 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 9 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 9 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 9 aarch64.
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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.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:2162 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 241416

    CVE-2022-3165 | CVE-2022-4172 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:2162 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2162
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