Medium: qemu-kvm

Issue Overview:

A use-after-free issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU emulator. The issue occurs in ip_reass() routine while reassembling incoming packets, if the first fragment is bigger than the m->m_dat[] buffer. A user or process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-15890)

Affected Packages:

qemu-kvm

Issue Correction:
Run yum update qemu-kvm to update your system.

New Packages:

src:  
    qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1.x86_64  
    qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1.x86_64  
    qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1.x86_64  
    qemu-img-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1.x86_64  
    qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-156.25.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-15890

Mitre: CVE-2019-15890