CVE-2023-6693

Public on 2024-01-02
Modified on 2024-01-05
Description
A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.9
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 qemu-kvm Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu-kvm Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L