#VU11231 Resource exhaustion in QEMU - CVE-2017-15119
Published: March 23, 2018 / Updated: May 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11231
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15119
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU
QEMU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to resource exhaustion when sending large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to resource exhaustion when sending large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 2.11.1 or later.