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SUSE: 2021:1242-1 Important: QEMU DoS and Access Issues Fixed

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2021
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Important announcement from SUSE tackling numerous concerns in qemu, featuring 21 solutions for security weaknesses.
An update that solves 21 vulnerabilities and has 5 fixes is now available

Summary

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: - Fix OOB access in sm501 device emulation (CVE-2020-12829, bsc#1172385) - Fix OOB access possibility in MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 emulation (CVE-2020-13362 bsc#1172383) - Fix use-after-free in usb xhci packet handling (CVE-2020-25723, bsc#1178934) - Fix use-after-free in usb iehci packet handling (CVE-2020-25084, bsc#1176673) - Fix infinite loop (DoS) in usb hcd-ohci emulation (CVE-2020-25625, bsc#1176684) - Fix OOB access in usb hcd-ohci emulation (CVE-2020-25624, bsc#1176682) - Fix guest triggerable assert in shared network handling code (CVE-2020-27617, bsc#1178174) - Fix infinite loop (DoS) in e1000e device emulation (CVE-2020-28916, bsc#1179468) - Fix OOB access in atapi emulation (CVE-2020-29443, bsc#1181108)

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security advisory DoS important stack overflow out-of-bounds access qemu SUSE Linux Enterprise

References

#1172383 #1172385 #1172386 #1172478 #1173612

#1176673 #1176682 #1176684 #1178049 #1178174

#1178934 #1179466 #1179467 #1179468 #1179686

#1179725 #1179726 #1180523 #1181108 #1181639

#1181933 #1182137 #1182425 #1182577 #1182968

#1183979

Cross- CVE-2020-11947 CVE-2020-12829 CVE-2020-13362

CVE-2020-13659 CVE-2020-13765 CVE-2020-15469

CVE-2020-25084 CVE-2020-25624 CVE-2020-25625

CVE-2020-25723 CVE-2020-27617 CVE-2020-27821

CVE-2020-28916 CVE-2020-29129 CVE-2020-29130

CVE-2020-29443 CVE-2021-20181 CVE-2021-20203

CVE-2021-20221 CVE-2021-20257 CVE-2021-3416

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-11947 (NVD) : 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE-2020-11947 (SUSE): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1242-1
Rating: important

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security advisory DoS important stack overflow out-of-bounds access qemu SUSE Linux Enterprise

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