Vulnerability CVE-2017-15119: Information

Description

The Network Block Device (NBD) server in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.11 is vulnerable to a denial of service issue. It could occur if a client sent large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A client could use this flaw to keep the NBD server from serving other requests, resulting in DoS.

Severity: HIGH (8.6) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: July 27, 2018
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-400

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-11/msg05044.html
  • Mailing List
  • Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15119
  • Issue Tracking
  • Patch
  • Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/9
  • Mailing List
  • Patch
  • Third Party Advisory
DSA-4213
  • Third Party Advisory
USN-3575-1
  • Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2018:1113
  • Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2018:1104
  • Third Party Advisory
102011
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End excliding
      2.11.0

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*