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CVE-2023-3180
A flaw was found in the QEMU virtual crypto device while handling data encryption/decryption requests in virtio_crypto_handle_sym_req. There is no check for the value of src_len
and dst_len
in virtio_crypto_sym_op_helper, potentially leading to a heap buffer overflow when the two values differ.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 6567-2 - USN-6567-1 fixed vulnerabilities QEMU. The fix for CVE-2023-2861 was too restrictive and introduced a behavior change leading to a regression in certain environments. This update fixes the problem. Gaoning Pan and Xingwei Li discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the USB xHCI controller device. A privileged guest attacker could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6567-1 - Gaoning Pan and Xingwei Li discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the USB xHCI controller device. A privileged guest attacker could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the TCG Accelerator. A local attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.