QEMU <= 4.2.0 DoS Vulnerability. MemoryRegionOps object lacks methods leading to NULL pointer dereference, allowing application crash. Update to version 4.2.1 or late
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 64 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Veracode | Denial Of Service (DoS) | 19 Feb 202103:00 | – | veracode |
UbuntuCve | CVE-2020-15469 | 2 Jul 202000:00 | – | ubuntucve |
NVD | CVE-2020-15469 | 2 Jul 202020:15 | – | nvd |
CBLMariner | CVE-2020-15469 affecting package qemu-kvm 4.2.0-48 | 30 Nov 202019:31 | – | cbl_mariner |
Prion | Null pointer dereference | 2 Jul 202020:15 | – | prion |
Debian CVE | CVE-2020-15469 | 2 Jul 202020:15 | – | debiancve |
Cvelist | CVE-2020-15469 | 2 Jul 202019:25 | – | cvelist |
OSV | CVE-2020-15469 | 2 Jul 202020:15 | – | osv |
OSV | qemu - security update | 16 Feb 202100:00 | – | osv |
OSV | qemu vulnerabilities | 15 Jul 202117:53 | – | osv |
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113725");
script_version("2021-07-22T11:01:40+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-07-22 11:01:40 +0000 (Thu, 22 Jul 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-07-16 09:13:23 +0000 (Thu, 16 Jul 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-24 19:17:00 +0000 (Wed, 24 Feb 2021)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-15469");
script_name("QEMU <= 4.2.0 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_qemu_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("QEMU/Lin/Ver");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"QEMU is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A MemoryRegionOps object lacks read/write callback methods,
leading to a NULL pointer dereference.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to crash the application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"QEMU through version 4.2.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.2.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/02/1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-06/msg09961.html");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:qemu:qemu";
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE ) ) exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "4.2.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.2.1", install_path: location );
security_message( data: report, port: 0 );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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