CVE-2017-8086
First published: Mon Apr 24 2017(Updated: )
Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| QEMU KVM | <=2.8.1 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc0 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc1 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc2 | |
| QEMU KVM | =2.9.0-rc3 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4ffcdef4277a91af15a3c09f7d16af072c29f3f2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/25/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1444783
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1444782
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444781
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98012
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg01636.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
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- vendor/qemu
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- version/qemu kvm/2.8.1
- version/qemu kvm/2.9.0-rc0
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- version/qemu kvm/2.9.0-rc3
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
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