RHSA-2024:2135MediumCVSS 6.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security update

Published
April 30, 2024
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (5)

CVE-2023-3019 →CVE-2023-3255 →CVE-2023-5088 →CVE-2023-6683 →CVE-2023-42467 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-3019 — QEMU: e1000e: heap use-after-free in e1000e_write_packet_to_guest() CVE-2023-3255 — QEMU: VNC: infinite loop in inflate_buffer() leads to denial of service CVE-2023-5088 — QEMU: improper IDE controller reset can lead to MBR overwrite CVE-2023-6683 — QEMU: VNC: NULL pointer dereference in qemu_clipboard_request() CVE-2023-42467 — QEMU: am53c974: denial of service due to division by zero

🎯 Affected products117

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-guest-agent-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-guest-agent-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-guest-agent-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-guest-agent-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-img-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-img-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-img-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-img-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-img-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-img-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-img-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-img-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-dbus-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-dbus-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-dbus-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-pa-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-pa-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-pa-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-pa-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-pa-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • qemu-kvm-audio-pa-debuginfo-17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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