Submit #2065: CVE-2020-27617 QEMUinfo

TitleCVE-2020-27617 QEMU
DescriptionAn assert(3) failure issue was found in the networking helper functions of QEMU. It could occur in the eth_get_gso_type() routine, if a packet does not have a valid networking L3 protocol (ex. IPv4, IPv6) value. A guest user may use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in DoS scenario.
Source⚠️ https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/86
User
 CSieberg (UID 13359)
Submission11/04/2020 13:06 (6 years ago)
Moderation11/04/2020 13:23 (17 minutes later)
StatusAccepted
VulDB entry164279 [QEMU Networking Helper eth_get_gso_type assertion]
Points16

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