Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libcacard-tools package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-LIBCACARDTOOLS-1370991
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 13 Feb 2017
Introduced: 13 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5973 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 libcacard-tools.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcacard-tools package and not the libcacard-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96220
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421626
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5973
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01101.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/11
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b
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