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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-20257: Security patch for qemu (ALAS-2023-2060)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-20257: Security patch for qemu (ALAS-2023-2060)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/16/2022
Created
06/06/2023
Added
06/06/2023
Modified
06/06/2023

Description

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ivshmem-tools
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-audio-alsa
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-audio-oss
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-audio-pa
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-audio-sdl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-block-curl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-block-dmg
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-block-iscsi
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-block-nfs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-block-rbd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-block-ssh
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-common
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-guest-agent
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-img
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-kvm-core
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64-core
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-system-x86
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-system-x86-core
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-ui-curses
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-ui-gtk
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-ui-sdl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-user
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-user-binfmt
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-qemu-user-static

References

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