medium6.5
CVE-2016-9907
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw.
Impact
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | through 2.7.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Redhat | Openstack | Versions 6.0, 7.0, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Redhat | Virtualization | Version 4.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94759
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94759
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49