PT-2016-2999 · Qemu+2 · Qemu+2
Prasad J Pandit
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Publicado
2016-12-29
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Atualizado
2023-02-13
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CVE-2016-9916
CVSS v3.1
6.5
Média
| Vetor | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
QEMU (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a memory leak in the hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c function of the QEMU hardware emulator's proxy backend service. This leak can be exploited by a local user of the guest operating system, allowing them to cause a denial of service. The denial of service can manifest as consumption of the host's memory or a crash of the QEMU process. The exploitation is possible due to a missing cleanup operation in the proxy backend.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
DoS
Memory Leak
Resource Exhaustion
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Identificadores relacionados
Produtos afetados
Alt Linux
Qemu
Ubuntu