Resource Exhaustion Affecting qemu-kvm-tools package, versions <2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-QEMUKVMTOOLS-2133908
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jul 2016

Introduced: 27 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5403  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 qemu-kvm-tools to version 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm-tools package and not the qemu-kvm-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.

CVSS Scores

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