Advisory Published

USN-4283-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

First published: Tue Feb 18 2020(Updated: )

Felipe Franciosi, Raphael Norwitz, and Peter Turschmid discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled iSCSI server responses. A remote attacker in control of the iSCSI server could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-1711) It was discovered that the QEMU libslirp component incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-7039, CVE-2020-8608)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/qemu<1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
=19.10
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system<1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
=19.10
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-arm<1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
=19.10
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-mips<1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
=19.10
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-ppc<1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
=19.10
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-s390x<1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
=19.10
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-sparc<1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
=19.10
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-x86<1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4
=19.10
All of
ubuntu/qemu<1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system<1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-arm<1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-mips<1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-ppc<1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-s390x<1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-sparc<1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-x86<1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23
=18.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-aarch64<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-arm<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-mips<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-ppc<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-s390x<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-sparc<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/qemu-system-x86<1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43
=16.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID?

    The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-1711.

  • What software is affected by CVE-2020-1711?

    QEMU, qemu-system, qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-ppc, qemu-system-s390x, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86 are affected by CVE-2020-1711.

  • What is the risk of CVE-2020-1711?

    CVE-2020-1711 could allow a remote attacker to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

  • How do I fix CVE-2020-1711?

    Update to version 1:4.0+dfsg-0ubuntu9.4 for Ubuntu 19.10, version 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.23 for Ubuntu 18.04, or version 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.43 for Ubuntu 16.04.

  • Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-1711?

    You can find more information about CVE-2020-1711 at the following references: [1], [2].

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