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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-5579 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| 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 |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:2408 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:2408 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:2392 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:2408 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:2408 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:2408 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:2408 | 2017-08-01 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | 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 5 | xen | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix |
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