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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3608: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3608: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/24/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/16/2022
Modified
08/16/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the QEMU implementation of VMWare's paravirtual RDMA device in versions prior to 6.1.0. The issue occurs while handling a "PVRDMA_REG_DSRHIGH" write from the guest and may result in a crash of QEMU or cause undefined behavior due to the access of an uninitialized pointer. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

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

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