USN-4650-1: QEMU vulnerabilities
Alexander Bulekov discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SDHCI device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2020-17380) Sergej Schumilo, Cornelius Aschermann, and Simon Wrner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-25084) Sergej Schumilo, Cornelius Aschermann, and Simon Wrner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SDHCI device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-25085) Gaoning Pan, Yongkang Jia, and Yi Ren discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-25624) It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-25625) Cheolwoo Myung discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-25723) Gaoning Pan discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled ATI graphics device emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2020-27616) Gaoning Pan discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled networking. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-27617)
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of USN-4650-1?
USN-4650-1 has a high severity due to potential denial of service and arbitrary code execution risks on the host.
How do I fix USN-4650-1?
To fix USN-4650-1, upgrade to the updated QEMU packages version 1:5.0-5ubuntu9.2 or later for Ubuntu 20.10.
Which versions of QEMU are affected by USN-4650-1?
USN-4650-1 affects QEMU versions prior to 1:5.0-5ubuntu9.2 on Ubuntu 20.10 and previous distributions.
What vulnerabilities are addressed in USN-4650-1?
USN-4650-1 addresses multiple vulnerabilities including CVE-2020-25624, CVE-2020-27616, and CVE-2020-25723.
Can USN-4650-1 be exploited remotely?
No, USN-4650-1 can only be exploited by an attacker within the guest system, not remotely.