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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-27617: Reachable Assertion

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-27617: Reachable Assertion

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/06/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-qemu

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