QEMU 'b/nbd/server.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	102011
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2017-15119
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 28 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 11 2018 04:00PM
Credit:	Eric Blake of Red Hat.
Vulnerable:	Redhat Virtualization 4 Redhat OpenStack Platform 9.0 Redhat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) Redhat OpenStack Platform 11 Redhat OpenStack Platform 10 Redhat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 QEMU QEMU 0
Not Vulnerable:

QEMU 'b/nbd/server.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

QEMU is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause a denial-of-service condition.

QEMU 'b/nbd/server.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

QEMU 'b/nbd/server.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

QEMU 'b/nbd/server.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• [Qemu-devel] [PULL 1/2] nbd/server: CVE-2017-15119 Reject options larger (QEMU)
  
• Bug 1516925 - (CVE-2017-15119) CVE-2017-15119 qemu: DoS via large option request (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• CVE-2017-15119 (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• QEMU Homepage (QEMU)