QID 751322

Date Published: 2021-11-10

QID 751322: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:3614-1)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: security issues fixed: - fix out-of-bounds write in uas (usb attached scsi) device emulation (bsc#1189702, cve-2021-3713) - fix heap use-after-free in virtio_net_receive_rcu (bsc#1189938, cve-2021-3748) - usbredir: free call on invalid pointer in bufp_alloc (bsc#1189145, cve-2021-3682) - null pointer dereference in esp (bsc#1180433, cve-2020-35504) (bsc#1180434, cve-2020-35505) (bsc#1180435, cve-2020-35506) - null pointer dereference issue in megasas-gen2 host bus adapter (bsc#1180432, cve-2020-35503) - eepro100: stack overflow via infinite recursion (bsc#1182651, cve-2021-20255) - usb: unbounded stack allocation in usbredir (bsc#1186012, cve-2021-3527) non-security issues fixed: - use max host physical address if -cpu max is used (bsc#1188299)

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 allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2021:3614-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:3614-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-November/009697.html