SB2016110404 - Memory leak in QEMU

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SB2016110404 - Memory leak in QEMU

Published: November 4, 2016 Updated: July 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2016110404
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8577)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to an I/O read operation. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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