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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_4727.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: Advanced Virtualization 8.2.1z security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:4727-03
Product:            Advanced Virtualization
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4727
Issue date:         2024-07-23
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2024-4467
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Summary: 

The updated Advanced Virtualization module is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.2.1 Advanced Virtualization.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section




Description:

The Advanced Virtualization module provides the user-space component
for running virtual machines that use KVM in environments managed by Red
Hat products.

Security Fix(es):

* A flaw was found in the QEMU disk image utility (qemu-img) 'info' command. A specially crafted image file containing a `json:{}` value describing block devices in QMP could cause the qemu-img process on the host to consume large amounts of memory or CPU time, leading to denial of service or read/write to an existing external file. (CVE-2024-4467)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2024-4467

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/mds