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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-20203: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-20203: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/25/2021
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/16/2022
Modified
08/16/2022

Description

An integer overflow issue was found in the vmxnet3 NIC emulator of the QEMU for versions up to v5.2.0. It may occur if a guest was to supply invalid values for rx/tx queue size or other NIC parameters. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.

Solution(s)

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

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