Description
In QEMU through 5.0.0, an assertion failure can occur in the network packet processing. This issue affects the e1000e and vmxnet3 network devices. A malicious guest user/process could use this flaw to abort the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition in net_tx_pkt_add_raw_fragment in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c.
Published: 2020-08-11
Score: 3.8 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2373-1 qemu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4760-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8059 In QEMU through 5.0.0, an assertion failure can occur in the network packet processing. This issue affects the e1000e and vmxnet3 network devices. A malicious guest user/process could use this flaw to abort the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition in net_tx_pkt_add_raw_fragment in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4467-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Opensuse Leap
Qemu Qemu
Redhat Advanced Virtualization Enterprise Linux Openstack Rhev Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:37:53.323Z

Reserved: 2020-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16092

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-11T16:15:12.477

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:06:45.010

Link: CVE-2020-16092

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-16092 - Bugzilla

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