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Severity
3.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the udpinput() 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.

1 / 3
Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
3.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the tftpinput() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'tftpt' 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.

1 / 4
First published (updated )
Severity
3.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the udp6input() 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.

1 / 3
Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
3.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the bootpinput() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'bootpt' structure. A malicious guest could use this flaw to leak 10 bytes of uninitialized heap memory from the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

1 / 4
First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the SLiRP user networking implementation of QEMU. It could occur while processing ARP/NCSI packets, if the packet length was shorter than required to accommodate respective protocol headers and payload. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to potentially leak host information bytes.

1 / 4
First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the SLiRP user networking implementation of QEMU. It could occur while processing ARP/NCSI packets, if the packet length was shorter than required to accommodate respective protocol headers and payload. A privileged guest user may use this flaw to potentially leak host information bytes.

1 / 4
First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in function icmp6sendechoreply() in ip6icmp.c of libslirp could allow a guest user/process to leak contents of the host memory, leading to possible information disclosure.

1 / 4
Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Use After Free
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

A use after free vulnerability in ipreass() in ipinput.c of libslirp 4.2.0 and prior releases allows crafted packets to cause a denial of service.

1 / 4
First published (updated )
Severity
5.6
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

A out-of-bounds heap buffer access issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU emulator. It occurs in tcpemu() routine while emulating IRC and other protocols due to unsafe usage of snprintf(3) function.

A user/process could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process on the host. Also with SELinux and sVirt access control in place, malicious activity is restricted.

Upstream patch: --------------- -> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/68ccb8021a838066f0951d4b2817eb6b6f10a843 -> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/30648c03b27fb8d9611b723184216cd3174b6775

Reference: ---------- -> https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/06/2

1 / 4
Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

tftp.c in libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, does not prevent ..\ directory traversal on Windows.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.6
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

A heap buffer overflow issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU emulator. It occurs in tcpemu() routine while emulating IRC and other protocols.

A user/process could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process.

Upstream patch(es): ------------------- -> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/2655fffed7a9e765bcb4701dd876e9dab975f289 -> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/ce131029d6d4a405cb7d3ac6716d03e58fb4a5d9 -> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/82ebe9c370a0e2970fb5695aa19aa5214a6a1c80

Reference: ---------- -> https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/16/2

1 / 4
Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A use-after-free issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU emulator. It occurs in ipreass() routine while reassembling incoming packets, if the first fragment is bigger than the m->mdat[] buffer.

A user/process could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch: --------------- -> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/c59279437eda91841b9d26079c70b8a540d41204

1 / 4
Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A heap buffer overflow issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU emulator. It occurs in ipreass() routine while reassembling incoming packets, if the first fragment is bigger than the m->mdat[] buffer.

A user/process could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process.

Upstream patch: --------------- -> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/126c04acbabd7ad32c2b018fe10dfac2a3bc1210

Reference: ---------- -> https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/01/2

1 / 4
Source: Red Hat

Remedy

There is no external mitigation to prevent this out-of-bounds heap memory access.
First published (updated )

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