SB2017090604 - Red Hat update for QEMU
Published: September 6, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017090604
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7539)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on a targeted system.The weakness exists due to an assertion failure when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted data during initial connection negotiation and cause the qemu-nbd server to stop functioning.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.