First published: Mon Dec 21 2020(Updated: )
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCSI emulation support of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
QEMU qemu | <6.0.0 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =33 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
redhat/qemu | <6.0.0 | 6.0.0 |
debian/qemu | <=1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3<=1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 1:9.2.0+ds-2 |
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CVE-2020-35504 is a vulnerability found in the SCSI emulation support of QEMU.
CVE-2020-35504 allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
CVE-2020-35504 has a severity rating of medium.
QEMU versions before 6.0.0 are affected by CVE-2020-35504.
The recommended fix for CVE-2020-35504 is to update QEMU to version 6.0.0 or later.