CVE-2017-9524

high

Description

The qemu-nbd server in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the Network Block Device (NBD) Server support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and server crash) by leveraging failure to ensure that all initialization occurs before talking to a client in the nbd_negotiate function.

References

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-06/msg02321.html

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg06240.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1682

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1681

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99011

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/12/1

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3925

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-07-06

Updated: 2020-10-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High