QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) before 2.9.0, when built with the USB OHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by leveraging an incorrect return value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6505.
Weakness
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | * | 2.8.1.1 (including) |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Qemu | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
| Qemu-kvm | Ubuntu | precise/esm | * |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26f670a244982335cc08943fb1ec099a2c81e42d
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/01/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98779
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457697
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26f670a244982335cc08943fb1ec099a2c81e42d
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/01/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98779
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457697
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03