Fabrice Bellard QEMU ACPI PCI Hotplug Interface memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fabrice Bellard QEMU. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component ACPI PCI Hotplug Interface. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-5388. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Fabrice Bellard QEMU (Virtualization Software) (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function of the component ACPI PCI Hotplug Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 08/22/2014 by Gonglei as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-5388 since 08/22/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77795 (Fedora 21 : qemu-2.1.1-1.fc21 (2014-10761)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195671 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Qemu, Qemu-kvm Vulnerabilities (USN-2409-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.qemu.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95419), Tenable (77795), SecurityFocus (BID 69356†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47373†). See VDB-70747 and VDB-93994 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 77795
Nessus Name: Fedora 21 : qemu-2.1.1-1.fc21 (2014-10761)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for qemu USN-2409-1
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Patch: fa365d7cd11185237471823a5a33d36765454e16

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bellard.org

Advisory: USN-2409-1
Researcher: Gonglei
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-5388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67403

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X-Force: 95419 - QEMU ACPI PCI code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 69356 - QEMU 'pcihp.c' Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 47373 - QEMU Local Host Privilege Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2014 10:13
Updated: 02/11/2022 03:06
Changes: 08/25/2014 10:13 (70), 06/13/2017 08:42 (6), 02/11/2022 02:58 (5), 02/11/2022 03:06 (1)
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