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CVE-2020-10761

Publication date 9 June 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

An assertion failure issue was found in the Network Block Device(NBD) Server in all QEMU versions before QEMU 5.0.1. This flaw occurs when an nbd-client sends a spec-compliant request that is near the boundary of maximum permitted request length. A remote nbd-client could use this flaw to crash the qemu-nbd server resulting in a denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
qemu-kvm 20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in qemu 4.2

Patch details

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

Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.0 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L