Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-3
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-428184
- published 16 Mar 2017
- disclosed 16 Mar 2017
Introduced: 16 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-5857 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.
Memory leak in the virgl_cmd_resource_unref function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_UNREF commands sent without detaching the backing storage beforehand.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5857
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=5e8e3c4c75c199aa1017db816fca02be2a9f8798
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5857
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/21
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/16
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418382
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95993
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5857
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5e8e3c4c75c199aa1017db816fca02be2a9f8798