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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2023-3255

Qemu: vnc: infinite loop in inflate_buffer() leads to denial of service

Description

A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server while processing ClientCutText messages. A wrong exit condition may lead to an infinite loop when inflating an attacker controlled zlib buffer in the `inflate_buffer` function. This could allow a remote authenticated client who is able to send a clipboard to the VNC server to trigger a denial of service.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

  • 8100020240314161907.e155f54d to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

  • 8100020240314161907.e155f54d to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

  • 17:8.2.0-11.el9_4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization

Default version status: unaffected

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