First published: Mon Mar 06 2017(Updated: )
Quick Emulator built with the USB OHCI Emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing an endpoint list descriptor in ohci_service_ed_list(). A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash Qemu process resulting in DoS. Upstream patch: --------------- -> <a href="http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=95ed56939eb2eaa4e2f349fe6dcd13ca4edfd8fb">http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=95ed56939eb2eaa4e2f349fe6dcd13ca4edfd8fb</a> Reference: ---------- -> <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/6">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/6</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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QEMU KVM | <=2.8.1.1 |
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=95ed56939eb2eaa4e2f349fe6dcd13ca4edfd8fb
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CVE-2017-6505 has a severity rating that could lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to an infinite loop issue.
To fix CVE-2017-6505, upgrade to a version of QEMU that is above 2.8.1.1, where the vulnerability has been patched.
CVE-2017-6505 affects the USB OHCI Emulation support in the QEMU emulator.
Exploiting CVE-2017-6505 may allow a guest user to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service.
CVE-2017-6505 is found in QEMU versions up to and including 2.8.1.1.