Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Scope
Changed
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (25th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-526680
- published 15 Mar 2017
- disclosed 15 Mar 2017
Introduced: 15 Mar 2017
CVE-2016-10155 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
qemu
to version 1:2.8+dfsg-2 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 hw/watchdog/wdt_i6300esb.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-2016-10155
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=eb7a20a3616085d46aa6b4b4224e15587ec67e6e
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10155
- 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/2017/01/20/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95770
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10155
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb7a20a3616085d46aa6b4b4224e15587ec67e6e