CVE-2017-15268
Public on 2017-10-12
Modified on 2018-06-11
Description
A memory leakage issue was found in the I/O channels websockets implementation of the Quick Emulator (QEMU). It could occur while sending screen updates to a client, which is slow to read and process them further. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the host and/or potentially crash the QEMU process instance on the host.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | qemu-kvm | 2018-06-08 | ALAS-2018-1034 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | qemu-kvm | 2018-06-07 | ALAS2-2018-1034 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 3.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |