CVE-2017-15119

MEDIUM

QEMU < 2.11.0 - Denial of Service via Large NBD Option Requests

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Network Block Device (NBD) server in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 2.11 is vulnerable to a denial of service issue. It could occur if a client sent large option requests, making the server waste CPU time on reading up to 4GB per request. A client could use this flaw to keep the NBD server from serving other requests, resulting in DoS.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-11/msg05044.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/28/9
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102011
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15119
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1104
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1113
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0156
EPSS Percentile 81.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
debian/debian_linux 9.0
qemu/qemu < 2.11.0
redhat/virtualization 4.0
Published Jul 27, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026