CVE-2021-3595

Public on 2021-06-15
Modified on 2024-01-30
Description
An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the tftp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the 'tftp_t' 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.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
3.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu 2023-07-20 ALAS2-2023-2169 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 qemu-kvm Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N