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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844714
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4632-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'slirp' package(s) announced via the USN-4632-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'slirp' package(s) announced via the USN-4632-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU
emulator did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. An
attacker could use this to cause a heap-based buffer overflow or other out-
of-bounds access, which can lead to a denial of service (application crash)
or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-7039)

It was discovered that the SLiRP networking implementation of the QEMU
emulator misuses snprintf return values. An attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (application crash) or potentially execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-8608)

Affected Software/OS:
'slirp' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04.

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-2020-7039
Bugtraq: 20200203 [SECURITY] [DSA 4616-1] qemu security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/0
Debian Security Information: DSA-4616 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4616
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-02
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/2655fffed7a9e765bcb4701dd876e9dab975f289
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/82ebe9c370a0e2970fb5695aa19aa5214a6a1c80
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/ce131029d6d4a405cb7d3ac6716d03e58fb4a5d9
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00022.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00036.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00012.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2020:0348
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0348
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2020:0775
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0775
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/
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
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