The qemu implementation in libvirt before 1.3.0 and Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host disk consumption) by writing to stdout or stderr.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-3672 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 5.2 |
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Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | Single |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Complete |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Will not fix |