SB2013101205 - Resource management error in QEMU
Published: October 12, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013101205
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4377)
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the virtio-pci implementation in Qemu 1.4.0 through 1.6.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by "hot-unplugging" a virtio device.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.