ALAS2-2023-2060

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-20257  

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-20257)

ALAS2-2023-2060


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2060
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-25 17:41 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-01 23:37 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-20257)


Affected Packages:

qemu


Issue Correction:
Run yum update qemu to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    qemu-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-common-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-guest-agent-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-img-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    ivshmem-tools-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-block-curl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-block-dmg-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-block-iscsi-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-block-nfs-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-block-rbd-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-block-ssh-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-audio-alsa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-audio-oss-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-audio-pa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-audio-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-ui-curses-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-ui-gtk-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-kvm-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-kvm-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-user-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-user-binfmt-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-user-static-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-system-aarch64-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-system-aarch64-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-system-x86-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-system-x86-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64
    qemu-debuginfo-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.aarch64

i686:
    qemu-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-common-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-guest-agent-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-img-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    ivshmem-tools-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-block-curl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-block-dmg-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-block-iscsi-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-block-nfs-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-block-ssh-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-audio-alsa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-audio-oss-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-audio-pa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-audio-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-ui-curses-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-ui-gtk-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-kvm-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-kvm-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-user-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-user-binfmt-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-user-static-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-system-aarch64-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-system-aarch64-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-system-x86-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-system-x86-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686
    qemu-debuginfo-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.i686

src:
    qemu-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.src

x86_64:
    qemu-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-common-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-guest-agent-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-img-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    ivshmem-tools-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-block-curl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-block-dmg-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-block-iscsi-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-block-nfs-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-block-rbd-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-block-ssh-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-audio-alsa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-audio-oss-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-audio-pa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-audio-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-ui-curses-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-ui-gtk-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-kvm-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-kvm-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-user-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-user-binfmt-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-user-static-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-system-aarch64-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-system-aarch64-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-system-x86-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-system-x86-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64
    qemu-debuginfo-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.9.x86_64