SB2018031338 - Red Hat update for qemu-kvm
Published: March 13, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018031338
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) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15289)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the mode4and5 write functions in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c due to out-of-bounds write. An adjacent attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash via vectors related to dst calculation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.