Improper i/o watch removal in tls handshake can lead to remote unauthenticated denial of service
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in the QEMU built-in VNC server. When a client connects to the VNC server, QEMU checks whether the current number of connections crosses a certain threshold and if so, cleans up the previous connection. If the previous connection happens to be in the handshake phase and fails, QEMU cleans up the connection again, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference issue. This could allow a remote unauthenticated client to cause a denial of service.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Red Hat would like to thank jiangyegen (Huawei Vulnerability Management Center) and yexiao7 (Huawei Vulnerability Management Center) for reporting this issue.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3354
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2216478
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MURWGXDIF2WTDXV36T6HFJDBL632AO7R/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00012.html
