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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704733
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4733-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'qemu' package(s) announced via the DSA-4733-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'qemu' package(s) announced via the DSA-4733-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in the SLIRP networking implementation could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u7. In addition this update fixes a regression caused by the patch for CVE-2020-13754, which could lead to startup failures in some Xen setups.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.

For the detailed security status of qemu please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'qemu' package(s) on Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-8608
Debian Security Information: DSA-4733 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4733
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-66
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/-/tags/v4.1.0
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/68ccb8021a838066f0951d4b2817eb6b6f10a843
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/06/2
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00017.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00020.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00012.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0468 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00007.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4283-1/
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