Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu-kvm-common-rhev package, versions <10:2.9.0-10.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUKVMCOMMONRHEV-5105668
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed28 Apr 2017

Introduced: 28 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-8379  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-kvm-common-rhev to version 10:2.9.0-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2408.

NVD Description

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

Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.

CVSS Scores

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