SB2017041505 - Fedora 25 update for qemu

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SB2017041505 - Fedora 25 update for qemu

Published: April 15, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017041505
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8667)

The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to a crash the entire system.

The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value.


2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5579)

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References