CVE-2017-5579: Medium severity Qemu Qemu vulnerability

Published Jan 24, 2017
·
Updated

Memory leak in the serialexitcore 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.

Other sources

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the 16550A UART serial device emulation support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while doing a device unplug operation; Doing so repeatedly would result in leaking host memory, affecting other services on the host.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause a DoS and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host.

Upstream patch: --------------- -> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg01945.html

Red Hat

Affected Software

8 affected components
Qemu Qemu<=2.8.1.1
Qemu Qemu=2.9.0-rc0
Qemu Qemu=2.9.0-rc1
Qemu Qemu=2.9.0-rc2
Qemu Qemu=2.9.0-rc3
Qemu Qemu=2.9.0-rc4
Qemu Qemu=2.9.0-rc5
Debian Debian Linux=8.0

Event History

Jan 24, 2017
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·05:50 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Mar 15, 2017
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:00 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·03:59 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2017-5579?

CVE-2017-5579 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a denial of service.

2

How do I fix CVE-2017-5579?

To fix CVE-2017-5579, you should upgrade QEMU to the latest version that addresses this memory leak issue.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2017-5579?

CVE-2017-5579 affects local guest OS privileged users running vulnerable versions of QEMU.

4

What are the main impacts of CVE-2017-5579?

The main impacts of CVE-2017-5579 are host memory consumption and potential crashes of the QEMU process.

5

Which versions of QEMU are vulnerable to CVE-2017-5579?

Versions of QEMU from 2.8.1.1 up to 2.9.0-rc5 are vulnerable to CVE-2017-5579.

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