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CVE-2019-5008

Published: 19 April 2019

hw/sparc64/sun4u.c in QEMU 3.1.50 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a device driver.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference existed in the sun4u power device implementation in QEMU. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
sun4u power device was added in commit
25c5d5acfbaa148b2da64b1f2c1401f87ebb0bb4 (v2.12)

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
cosmic
Released (1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu8.7)
disco
Released (1:3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu3.1)
trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.46)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=ad280559c68360c9f1cd7be063857853759e6a73
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H