Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
References
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http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8409dc884a201bf74b30a9d232b6bbdd00cb7e2b | |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/8 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/3 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95780 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 | Third Party Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2017-03-15T15:00:00
Updated: 2018-09-07T09:57:01
Reserved: 2017-01-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-5579
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-03-15T15:59:00.890
Modified: 2023-02-12T23:29:45.193
Link: CVE-2017-5579
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE