SB2018103020 - Red Hat update for qemu-kvm-ma
Published: October 30, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018103020
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory allocation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15124)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to uncontrolled memory allocation when not throttling the framebuffer updates sent to the client. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.