CVE-2017-5856

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5856
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-16 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:29:00 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit MISC git.qemu-project.org
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit CONFIRM git.qemu-project.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-28) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1418342 – CVE-2017-5856 Qemu: scsi: megasas: host memory leakage in megasas_handle_dcmd CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request Qemu: scsi: megasas: host memory leakage in megasas_handle_dcmd MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request Qemu: scsi: megasas: host memory leakage in megasas_handle_dcmd MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
QEMU 'hw/scsi/megasas.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501229 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 505339 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 710393 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-28)
  • 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
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