Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-4
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-529233
- published 15 Mar 2017
- disclosed 15 Mar 2017
Introduced: 15 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-6505 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
qemu
to version 1:2.8+dfsg-4 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.
The ohci_service_ed_list function in hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) before 2.9.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9330.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6505
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=95ed56939eb2eaa4e2f349fe6dcd13ca4edfd8fb
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6505
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429432
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96611
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-6505
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=95ed56939eb2eaa4e2f349fe6dcd13ca4edfd8fb