HighCVE-2024-7409

    Qemu: denial of service via improper synchronization in qemu nbd server during socket closure (CVE-2024-7409)

    Published Last modified Sources: Red Hat, Ubuntu, BSI, Debian LTS, CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide

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    What is affected, what to do

    A flaw was found in the QEMU NBD Server. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) attack via improper synchronization during socket closure when a client keeps a socket open as the server is taken offline.

    Update Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to version 8100020240905091210.489197e6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to version 17:9.0.0-10.el9_5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support to version 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.14.

    Affected
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 lt *..8100020240905091210.489197e6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 lt *..17:9.0.0-10.el9_5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support lt *..17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support lt *..17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.8
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 lt *..413.92.202411212100-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 lt *..413.92.202409180051-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 lt *..414.92.202411130444-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 lt *..415.92.202409162258-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 lt *..415.92.202411050056-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 lt *..416.94.202411261619-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 lt *..417.94.202411261220-0
    Fixed in
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020240905091210.489197e6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 17:9.0.0-10.el9_5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support 17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.8
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 413.92.202411212100-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 413.92.202409180051-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 414.92.202411130444-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 415.92.202409162258-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 415.92.202411050056-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 416.94.202411261619-0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 417.94.202411261220-0

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    Metrics

    7.5

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    7.5

    CVSS v3

    Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: Red Hat, Ubuntu, BSI, Debian LTS, CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide

    1.0 %

    EPSS score

    Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 63.8

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    Severity
    High
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    75.85 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    7.5 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    7.5
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    1.0 %
    Moderate — model estimates 1-10% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    63.8
    High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: none known · automatable · Technical impact: partial
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 6 August 2024
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-662

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    A flaw was found in the QEMU NBD Server. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) attack via improper synchronization during socket closure when a client keeps a socket open as the server is taken offline.

    Source: redhat_csaf, Ubuntu Security Notices, BSI CSAF, BSI WID Portal, Debian LTS Advisories, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST), CVE.org (MITRE), Microsoft Security Update Guide

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
    • —
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    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • —
    • —
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • —
    • —
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    • < 8100020240905091210.489197e6
    • 8100020240905091210.489197e6
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced Virtualization
    • —
    • —
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
    • < 17:9.0.0-10.el9_5
    • 17:9.0.0-10.el9_5
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
    • < 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.14
    • 17:7.2.0-14.el9_2.14
    Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
    • < 17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.8
    • 17:8.2.0-11.el9_4.8
    Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
    • —
    • —
    Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
    • < 413.92.202409180051-0
    • < 413.92.202411212100-0
    • 413.92.202409180051-0
    • 413.92.202411212100-0
    Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
    • < 414.92.202411130444-0
    • 414.92.202411130444-0
    Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15
    • < 415.92.202409162258-0
    • < 415.92.202411050056-0
    • 415.92.202409162258-0
    • 415.92.202411050056-0
    Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
    • < 416.94.202411261619-0
    • 416.94.202411261619-0
    Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
    • < 417.94.202411261220-0
    • 417.94.202411261220-0
    Open SourceQEMU
    • NBD Server
    • —
    Red HatOpenShift Container Platform
    • < 4.14.41
    • 4.14.41

    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxdebianqemubullseye
    Linuxubuntuqemufocal

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-662Improper Synchronization

      Class

      The product utilizes multiple threads, processes, components, or systems to allow temporary access to a shared resource that can only be exclusive to one process at a time, but it does not properly synchronize these actions, which might cause simultaneous accesses of this resource by multiple threads or processes.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-662

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

    2. Record modifiedRed Hat

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      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10518
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      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302487
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      Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com

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      Source identifier: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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