CVE-2017-5579

Summary

Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780
• http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780
• http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

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