CVE-2017-15119

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-07-27

Description

The Network Block Device (NBD) server in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.11 is vulnerable to a denial of service issue. It could occur if a client sent large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A client could use this flaw to keep the NBD server from serving other requests, resulting in DoS.

See more information about CVE-2017-15119 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu)	ELSA-2018-4285	2018-11-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu)	ELSA-2018-4289	2018-11-28
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu)	ELSA-2019-4585	2019-03-15

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