UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3301

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3301
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3301.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3301
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Published
2023-09-13T17:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:55:46Z
Severity
  • 5.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 5.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in QEMU. The async nature of hot-unplug enables a race scenario where the net device backend is cleared before the virtio-net pci frontend has been unplugged. A malicious guest could use this time window to trigger an assertion and cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16

Affected versions

1:6.*

1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1
1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu2
1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu4
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu5
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.1
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.2
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.3
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.4
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.5
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.6
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.7
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.8
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.9
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.10
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.11
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.12
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.13
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.14
1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.15

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
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            "binary_name": "qemu-block-extra"
        },
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            "binary_version": "1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16",
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent"
        },
        {
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            "binary_name": "qemu-system"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16",
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-arm"
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        },
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            "binary_name": "qemu-system-gui"
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            "binary_name": "qemu-system-mips"
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            "binary_name": "qemu-system-misc"
        },
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        },
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            "binary_name": "qemu-system-s390x"
        },
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            "binary_name": "qemu-system-sparc"
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            "binary_version": "1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16",
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-binfmt"
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    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}