Data handling in QEMU - CVE-2017-10664

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12301

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10664

CWE-ID: CWE-19

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system..

The weakness exists in qemu-nbd due to it does not ignore SIGPIPE. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash by disconnecting during a server-to-client reply attempt.

QEMU
Red Hat OpenStack
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
qemu-kvm-rhev (Red Hat package)

Install update from vendor's website.

qemu-kvm-rhev (Red Hat package) - update to 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11

• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-06/msg02693.html

• Denial of service in QEMU
• Red Hat update for qemu-kvm-rhev
• Red Hat update for qemu-kvm-rhev
• Red Hat update for qemu-kvm-rhev
• Red Hat update for qemu-kvm-rhev
• Red Hat update for qemu-kvm-rhev
• Red Hat update for qemu-kvm
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 update for qemu-kvm-rhev