CVE-2017-13672

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-13672  

An out-of-bounds read access issue was found in the VGA display emulator built into the Quick emulator (QEMU). It could occur while reading VGA memory to update graphics display. A privileged user/process inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in denial of service situation.

An out-of-bounds read access issue was found in the VGA display emulator built into the Quick emulator (QEMU). It could occur while reading VGA memory to update graphics display. A privileged user/process inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host resulting in denial of service situation.

Find out more about CVE-2017-13672 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2018:1113 2018-04-11
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2018:1113 2018-04-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) RHSA-2018:2162 2018-07-10
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2018:1104 2018-04-10
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2018:1113 2018-04-11
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2018:1113 2018-04-11
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) (qemu-kvm-rhev) RHSA-2018:1113 2018-04-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) RHSA-2018:0816 2018-04-10

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-kvm-rhev Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 qemu-kvm-rhev Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank David Buchanan for reporting this issue.