CVE-2017-9330: Medium severity Qemu Qemu vulnerability

Published Jun 1, 2017
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Updated

Last updated 24 July 2024

Other sources

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) before 2.9.0, when built with the USB OHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by leveraging an incorrect return value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6505.

Launchpad

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 ohciserviceedlist().

A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash Qemu process resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch: --------------- -> http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=26f670a244982335cc08943fb1ec099a2c81e42d

Reference: ---------- -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/01/3

Red Hat

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
Qemu Qemu<=2.8.1.1
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
debian/qemu
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u31:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u21:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u121:10.0.0~rc3+ds-2

Event History

Jun 1, 2017
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·07:24 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Jun 8, 2017
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:00 PM
Description
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·10:42 PM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·01:19 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2017-9330?

CVE-2017-9330 is a vulnerability in QEMU (Quick Emulator), a virtualization software, that allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service by exploiting an incorrect return value in the USB OHCI Emulation support.

2

How severe is CVE-2017-9330?

CVE-2017-9330 has a low severity rating.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2017-9330?

QEMU versions before 2.9.0 when built with USB OHCI Emulation support are affected by CVE-2017-9330.

4

How do I fix CVE-2017-9330?

To fix CVE-2017-9330, update QEMU to version 2.9.0 or later.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2017-9330?

You can find more information about CVE-2017-9330 at the following references: [1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/01/3 [2] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=26f670a244982335cc08943fb1ec099a2c81e42d [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457697

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