CVE-2017-15119

Summary

CVECVE-2017-15119
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-27 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3575-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PULL 1/2] nbd/server: CVE-2017-15119 Reject options larger MISC lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU 'b/nbd/server.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE-2017-15119 Qemu: DoS via large option request MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4213-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
1516925 – (CVE-2017-15119) CVE-2017-15119 qemu: DoS via large option request CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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