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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-35505: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-35505: 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 am53c974 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0. This issue occurs while handling the 'Information Transfer' command. 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

References

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