Divide By Zero Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.11+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-QEMU-5693839
  • published7 Dec 2017
  • disclosed7 Dec 2017

Introduced: 7 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17381  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 qemu to version 1:2.11+dfsg-1 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Virtio Vring implementation in QEMU allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) by unsetting vring alignment while updating Virtio rings.

CVSS Scores

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