Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-QEMU-581657
  • published2 May 2017
  • disclosed2 May 2017

Introduced: 2 May 2017

CVE-2017-8086  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 qemu to version 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu3 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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.

CVSS Scores

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