Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34
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EPSS
1.13% (85th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-427547
- published 23 May 2017
- disclosed 23 May 2017
Introduced: 23 May 2017
CVE-2017-8309 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.34 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Memory leak in the audio/audio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting and stopping audio capture.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8309
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8309
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302
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