CVE-2018-17963

Publication date 9 October 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

qemu_deliver_packet_iov in net/net.c in Qemu accepts packet sizes greater than INT_MAX, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu9
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu9
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu9
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu9
	19.04 disco	Fixed 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu9
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu8.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.8
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.33
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.44
qemu-kvm	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu	Other: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-09/msg03267.html Upstream: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1592a9947036d60dde5404204a5d45975133caf5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3826-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
26 November 2018