CVE-2021-3595 Information

Description

An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the tftp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the ’tftp_t’ structure. This issue may lead to out-of-bounds read access or indirect host memory disclosure to the guest. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects libslirp versions prior to 4.6.0.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Reference

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970489 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGPQZFVJCFGDSISFXPCQTTBBD7QZLJKI/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCKWZWY64EHTOQMLVLTSZ4AA27EWRJMH/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-44 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0004/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00000.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.8