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Unscored USN-3414-1 13 CVEs

qemu vulnerabilities

Published Sep 13, 2017 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Leo Gaspard discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS access control.
A guest attacker could use this issue to elevate privileges inside the
guest. (CVE-2017-7493)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWare PVSCSI emulation.
A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU
to consume resources or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-8112)

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host
Bus Adapter emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could
use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly to obtain sensitive host memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu
16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-8380)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An
attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume
resources and crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-9060)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the e1000e device. A
privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to
hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
17.04. (CVE-2017-9310)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB OHCI emulation
support. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9330)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled IDE AHCI emulation
support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to
cause QEMU to consume resources and crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2017-9373)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB EHCI emulation
support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to
cause QEMU to consume resources and crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2017-9374)

Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB xHCI emulation
support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to
cause QEMU to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9375)

Zhangyanyu discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2
Host Bus Adapter emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest
could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2017-9503)

It was discovered that the QEMU qemu-nbd server incorrectly handled
initialization. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9524)

It was discovered that the QEMU qemu-nbd server incorrectly handled
signals. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10664)

Li Qiang discovered that the QEMU USB redirector incorrectly handled
logging debug messages. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue
to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10806)

Anthony Perard discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Xen block-interface
responses. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU
to leak contents of host memory. (CVE-2017-10911)

Reno Robert discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain DHCP options
strings. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11434)

Ryan Salsamendi discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled empty CDROM device
drives. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to
cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-12809)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS qemu 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.35
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS qemu 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.15

Vulnerabilities 13

  • Unscored —

    qemu-nbd in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not ignore SIGPIPE, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi…

  • Unscored —

    Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/usb/redirect.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a de…

  • Unscored —

    The make_response function in drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.8 allows guest OS use…

  • Unscored —

    The dhcp_decode function in slirp/bootp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of…

  • Unscored —

    QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileg…

  • Unscored —

    Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable…

  • Unscored —

    hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (…

  • Unscored —

    Buffer overflow in the "megasas_mmio_write" function in Qemu 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact v…

  • Unscored —

    QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) before 2.9.0, when built with the USB OHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS users to …

  • Unscored —

    Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged …

  • Unscored —

    Memory leak in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with USB EHCI Emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged …

  • Unscored —

    QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with USB xHCI controller emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users…

  • Unscored —

    QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allows local guest …

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7493
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8112
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8380
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9060
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9310
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9330
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9373
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9374
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9375
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9503
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9524
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10664
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10806
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10911
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11434
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12809