Resource Exhaustion Affecting qemu-img package, versions <10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUIMG-5129799
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jul 2016

Introduced: 27 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5403  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-img to version 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1606.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-img package and not the qemu-img package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.

CVSS Scores

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