Vulnerability CVE-2017-8379: Information
Description
Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.
Severity: MEDIUM (6.5) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Fixed packages
Package name | Branch | Fixed in version | Version from repository | Errata ID | Task # | State |
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| qemu | sisyphus | 2.10.0-alt1 | 8.2.3-alt1 | ALT-PU-2017-2175-1 | 187863 | Fixed |
| qemu | sisyphus_e2k | 7.2.0-alt3.E2K.3 | 7.2.0-alt3.E2K.4 | ALT-PU-2024-1953-1 | - | Fixed |
| qemu | p10 | 2.10.0-alt1 | 8.2.2-alt0.p10.1 | ALT-PU-2017-2175-1 | 187863 | Fixed |
| qemu | p10_e2k | 7.2.0-alt3.E2K.0 | 7.2.0-alt3.E2K.3 | ALT-PU-2023-6766-1 | - | Fixed |
| qemu | p9 | 2.10.0-alt1 | 5.2.0-alt6 | ALT-PU-2017-2175-1 | 187863 | Fixed |
| qemu | p8 | 2.11.0-alt0.M80P.1 | 2.11.0-alt0.M80P.4 | ALT-PU-2018-1018-1 | 197530 | Fixed |
| qemu | c10f1 | 2.10.0-alt1 | 8.2.2-alt0.p10.1 | ALT-PU-2017-2175-1 | 187863 | Fixed |
| qemu | c9f2 | 2.10.0-alt1 | 5.2.0-alt6.c9.1 | ALT-PU-2017-2175-1 | 187863 | Fixed |
| qemu | c7 | 2.5.1.1-alt0.M70C.4 | 2.5.1.1-alt0.M70C.5 | ALT-PU-2017-2202-1 | 188182 | Fixed |
| qemu | p11 | 2.10.0-alt1 | 8.2.3-alt1 | ALT-PU-2017-2175-1 | 187863 | Fixed |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
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| [qemu-devel] 20170428 [PATCH] input: limit kbd queue depth |
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| 98277 |
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| [oss-security] 20170503 CVE-2017-8379 Qemu: input: host memory lekage via keyboard |
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| GLSA-201706-03 |
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| RHSA-2017:2408 |
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| [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update |
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