CVE-2020-14364: Medium severity qemu vulnerability

Published Aug 17, 2020
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Updated

An out-of-bounds read/write access flaw was found in the USB emulator of the QEMU in versions before 5.2.0. This issue occurs while processing USB packets from a guest when USBDevice 'setuplen' exceeds its 'databuf[4096]' in the dotokenin, dotokenout routines. This flaw allows a guest user to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service, or the potential execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the QEMU process on the host.

Other sources

An out-of-bounds read/write access flaw was found in the USB emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing USB packets from a guest when USBDevice 'setuplen' exceeds its 'databuf[4096]' in the dotokenin, dotokenout routines. This flaw allows a guest user to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service, or the potential execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the QEMU process on the host.

An out-of-bounds read/write access issue was found in the USB emulator of the QEMU. It occurs while processing USB packets from a guest, when USBDevice 'setuplen' exceeds the 'databuf[4096]' in dotokenin, dotokenout routines.

A guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS OR potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the QEMU process on the host.

Upstream patch: --------------- -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-08/msg05969.html

Red Hat

Affected Software

35 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/qemu-kvm<2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.8
2:0.12.1.2-2.506.el6_10.8
redhat/qemu-kvm<2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.21
2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.21
redhat/qemu-kvm<2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.9
2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.9
redhat/qemu-kvm-ma<10:2.12.0-48.el7_9.1
10:2.12.0-48.el7_9.1
redhat/qemu-kvm<10:1.5.3-175.el7_9.1
10:1.5.3-175.el7_9.1
redhat/qemu-kvm<10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.20
10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.20
redhat/qemu-kvm<10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.18
10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.18
redhat/qemu-kvm<10:1.5.3-141.el7_4.11
10:1.5.3-141.el7_4.11
redhat/qemu-kvm<10:1.5.3-160.el7_6.8
10:1.5.3-160.el7_6.8
redhat/qemu-kvm-ma<10:2.12.0-18.el7_6.7
10:2.12.0-18.el7_6.7
redhat/qemu-kvm-ma<10:2.12.0-33.el7_7.4
10:2.12.0-33.el7_7.4
redhat/qemu-kvm<10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.7
10:1.5.3-167.el7_7.7
redhat/qemu-kvm-rhev<10:2.12.0-33.el7_7.12
10:2.12.0-33.el7_7.12
redhat/qemu-kvm-rhev<10:2.12.0-48.el7_9.1
10:2.12.0-48.el7_9.1
redhat/qemu-kvm-rhev<10:2.12.0-18.el7_6.12
10:2.12.0-18.el7_6.12
redhat/redhat-virtualization-host<0:4.3.11-20200922.0.el7_9
0:4.3.11-20200922.0.el7_9
redhat/redhat-virtualization-host<0:4.4.2-20200930.0.el8_2
0:4.4.2-20200930.0.el8_2
debian/qemu<=1:5.1+dfsg-3, <=1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u7, <=1:3.1+dfsg-8
1:5.1+dfsg-41:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8
redhat/QEMU<5.2.0
5.2.0
Qemu Qemu<5.2.0
redhat Openstack=10
redhat Openstack=13
redhat Enterprise Linux=6.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
Fedoraproject Fedora=32
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
openSUSE Leap=15.2
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=20.04
debian/qemu
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u31:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u21:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u121:10.0.0~rc2+ds-21:10.0.0~rc3+ds-2

Remediation

Information

Using Libvirt management interface to manage guest VMs significantly reduces impact of this issue. Libvirt starts each guest process with an unprivileged system user(ex. qemu) privileges and further confines the process with strict sVirt and SELinux policies. * https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/virtualization_security_guide/

Event History

Aug 24, 2020
CVE Published
12:00 PM
Aug 31, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:11 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:11 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:40 PM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·02:23 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Mar 31, 2025
Data Sourced
via Debian·01:07 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-14364?

CVE-2020-14364 is an out-of-bounds read/write access flaw found in the USB emulator of the QEMU.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2020-14364?

CVE-2020-14364 has a severity level of high.

3

What software versions are affected by CVE-2020-14364?

QEMU versions before 5.2.0 are affected by CVE-2020-14364.

4

How can I fix CVE-2020-14364?

To fix CVE-2020-14364, update QEMU to version 5.2.0 or later.

5

Are there any references for CVE-2020-14364?

Yes, you can find more information about CVE-2020-14364 at the following references: [link1](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-08/msg05969.html) [link2](https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/24/3) [link3](https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/24/2)

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