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CVE-2020-27617

Published: 6 November 2020

eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.34)
focal
Released (1:4.2-3ubuntu6.10)
groovy
Released (1:5.0-5ubuntu9.2)
hirsute
Released (1:5.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
impish
Released (1:5.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
jammy
Released (1:5.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
kinetic
Released (1:5.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
lunar
Released (1:5.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
mantic
Released (1:5.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
trusty Needed

upstream
Released (1:5.2+dfsg-1)
xenial
Released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.48)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=7564bf7701f00214cdc8a678a9f7df765244def1
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H