QEMU 'display/virtio-gpu.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	98632
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2017-9060
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 19 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 06 2017 09:02AM
Credit:	Li Qiang (Qihoo 360 Gear Team)
Vulnerable:	QEMU QEMU 0 Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

QEMU 'display/virtio-gpu.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Attackers can exploit these issues to leak host memory and crash the host; denying service to legitimate users.

QEMU 'display/virtio-gpu.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 'display/virtio-gpu.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

QEMU 'display/virtio-gpu.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Bug 1452597 - (CVE-2017-9060) CVE-2017-9060 Qemu: virtio-gpu: host memory leakag (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• CVE-2017-9060 (Red Hat)
  
• QEMU Homepage (QEMU)
  
• virtio-gpu: fix memory leak in set scanout (QEMU)