CVE-2017-2620

Summary

CVECVE-2017-2620
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-27 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:43:00 UTC
DescriptionQuick emulator (QEMU) before 2.8 built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue. The issue could occur while copying VGA data in cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process OR potentially execute arbitrary code on host with privileges of the QEMU process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.0.2 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.2.0 sp1 All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.5 sp1 All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.0 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.1 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.0.2 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.2.0 sp1 All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.5 sp1 All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.0 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r1 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r2 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r3 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r4 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r5 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r6 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r7 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r1 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r2 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r3 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r4 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r5 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r6 All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.7.1 r7 All All
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Xen: Privilege Escalation (GLSA 201703-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates CONFIRM support.citrix.com Third Party Advisory
Qemu CVE-2017-2620 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Xen Out-of-Bounds Memory Write Error in cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo() Lets Local Administrative Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1270-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] cirrus: add blit_is_unsafe call to cirrus_bitblt_cp MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
XSA-209 - Xen Security Advisories CONFIRM xenbits.xen.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2017-2620 Qemu: display: cirrus: out-of-bounds access issue while in cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201704-01) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
1420484 – (CVE-2017-2620, xsa209) CVE-2017-2620 Qemu: display: cirrus: potential arbitrary code execution via cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378163 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm (VZLSA-2017:0396)
  • 378167 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm (VZLSA-2017:0352)
  • 378279 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for kvm-tools (VZLSA-2017:0454)
  • 500813 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 501229 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 504556 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 505339 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 710464 Gentoo Linux Xen Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 201703-07)
  • 710523 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201704-01)
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