CVE-2020-24352 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-24352: An issue was discovered in QEMU through 5.1.0. An out-of-bounds memory access was found in the ATI VGA device implementation. This flaw occurs in the ati_2d_blt() routine in hw/display/ati_2d.c while handling MMIO write operations through the ati_mm_write() callback. A malicious guest could use this

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-24352 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

qemu→ fixed in1:5.2+dfsg-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y qemu
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

qemu→ fixed in1:5.2+dfsg-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y qemu
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

qemu→ fixed in1:5.2+dfsg-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y qemu
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

qemu→ fixed in5.2.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade qemu
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

qemu→ fixed in5.2.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade qemu
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

qemu→ fixed in5.2.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade qemu
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

qemu→ fixed in5.2.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade qemu
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

qemu→ fixed in5.2.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade qemu
```

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