CVE-2017-5579
First published: Tue Jan 24 2017(Updated: )
Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| QEMU KVM | <=2.8.1.1 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc0 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc1 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc2 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc3 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc4 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc5 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
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