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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-35504: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-35504: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/28/2021
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/16/2022
Modified
08/16/2022

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCSI emulation support of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu

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