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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3611: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3611: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/11/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/16/2022
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

A stack overflow vulnerability was found in the Intel HD Audio device (intel-hda) of QEMU. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This flaw affects QEMU versions prior to 7.0.0.

Solution(s)

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

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