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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-3594: ELSA-2021-9638: qemu security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-3594: ELSA-2021-9638: qemu security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/14/2021
Created
01/06/2022
Added
12/10/2021
Modified
01/08/2025

Description

An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the udp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'udphdr' structure. This issue may lead to out-of-bounds read access or indirect host memory disclosure to the guest. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects libslirp versions prior to 4.6.0. An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the udp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'udphdr' structure. This issue may lead to out-of-bounds read access or indirect host memory disclosure to the guest. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-hivex
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-hivex-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-bash-completion
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-benchmarking
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-gfs2
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-gobject
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-gobject-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-inspect-icons
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-java
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-java-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-javadoc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-man-pages-ja
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-man-pages-uk
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-rescue
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-rsync
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-tools-c
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-winsupport
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libguestfs-xfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libiscsi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libiscsi-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libiscsi-utils
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libnbd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libnbd-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-admin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-bash-completion
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-client
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-network
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-network
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-daemon-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-dbus
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-docs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-lock-sanlock
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libvirt-nss
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-lua-guestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdfuse
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-bash-completion
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-basic-filters
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-basic-plugins
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-curl-plugin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-example-plugins
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-gzip-plugin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-python-plugin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-server
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-ssh-plugin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-vddk-plugin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nbdkit-xz-filter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-netcf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-netcf-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-netcf-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ocaml-hivex
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ocaml-hivex-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ocaml-libguestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ocaml-libguestfs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ocaml-libnbd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ocaml-libnbd-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perl-hivex
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perl-sys-guestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perl-sys-virt
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-hivex
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libguestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libnbd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libvirt
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-gluster
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-iscsi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-rbd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-guest-agent
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-img
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-block-curl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-block-gluster
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-block-iscsi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-block-rbd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-block-ssh
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-core
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tests
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64-core
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-x86
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-x86-core
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-hivex
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-libguestfs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-seabios
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-seabios-bin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-seavgabios-bin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-sgabios
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-sgabios-bin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-supermin
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-supermin-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-virt-dib
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-virt-v2v

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