CVE-2017-15289
Quick emulator (QEMU), compiled with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support, is vulnerable to an OOB write access issue. The issue could occur while writing to VGA memory via mode4and5 write functions. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in Denial of Serivce (DoS).
Find out more about CVE-2017-15289 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3369 | 2017-11-30 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2018:0516 | 2018-03-13 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3474 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2017:3368 | 2017-11-30 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3471 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3473 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3466 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3470 | 2017-12-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:3472 | 2017-12-14 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix |