Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Scope
Changed
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (25th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-518225
- published 15 Mar 2017
- disclosed 15 Mar 2017
Introduced: 15 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-5579 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
qemu
to version 1:2.8+dfsg-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu
package and not the qemu
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
Memory leak in the serial_exit_core 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5579
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5579
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5579
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5579
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416157