Source: libslirp
Version: 4.4.0-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: car...@debian.org, Debian Security Team <t...@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libslirp.

CVE-2021-3592[0]:
| An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP
| networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the
| bootp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet
| that is smaller than the size of the 'bootp_t' structure. A malicious
| guest could use this flaw to leak 10 bytes of uninitialized heap
| memory from the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to
| data confidentiality. This flaw affects libslirp versions prior to
| 4.6.0.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3592
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3592

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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