Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (26th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-427090
- published 27 Mar 2017
- disclosed 27 Mar 2017
Introduced: 27 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-5973 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to control transfer descriptor sequence.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5973
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01101.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421626
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96220
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5973
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b