Bug 1636777 (CVE-2018-17963) - CVE-2018-17963 QEMU: net: ignore packets with large size
Summary: CVE-2018-17963 QEMU: net: ignore packets with large size
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-17963
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1636778 1636779 1636780 1636781 1636782 1636783 1636784 1636785 1636786 1636787 1636788 1636789 1636790
Blocks: 1581014
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-10-07 15:51 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-16 22:58 UTC (History)
32 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
A potential integer overflow issue was found in the networking back-end of QEMU. It could occur while receiving packets, because it accepted packets with large size value. Such overflow could lead to OOB buffer access issue. A user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS.
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Last Closed: 2019-08-06 13:19:58 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:2513 0 None None None 2019-08-15 18:37:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2166 0 None None None 2019-08-06 12:23:24 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2425 0 None None None 2019-08-09 00:48:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2553 0 None None None 2019-08-22 09:18:29 UTC

Description Prasad Pandit 2018-10-07 15:51:22 UTC 
A potential integer overflow issue was found in the QEMU emulator. It could occur when a packet with large packet size is accepted and processed.
A user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS.

Upstream fix:
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  -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03267.html
  -> https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=25c01bd19d0e4b66f357618aeefda1ef7a41e21a

Reference:
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  -> https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/08/1
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2018-10-07 15:51:25 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Daniel Shapira (Twistlock)
Comment 2 Prasad Pandit 2018-10-07 15:59:21 UTC 
Created qemu tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1636782]


Created xen tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1636783]
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:23:22 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:2166 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2166
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-08-06 13:19:58 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-17963
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-09 00:48:26 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)
  Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)
  Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky)

Via RHSA-2019:2425 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-22 09:18:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.3

Via RHSA-2019:2553 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553
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