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CVE-2020-16092
Published: Aug 11, 2020
Modified: Aug 4, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
In QEMU through 5.0.0, an assertion failure can occur in the network packet processing. This issue affects the e1000e and vmxnet3 network devices. A malicious guest user/process could use this flaw to abort the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition in net_tx_pkt_add_raw_fragment in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/10/1
x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200821-0006/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-4467-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
DSA-4760
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
[debian-lts-announce] 20200913 [SECURITY] [DLA 2373-1] qemu security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
openSUSE-SU-2020:1664
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
GLSA-202208-27
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
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