CVE-2017-17381 (GCVE-0-2017-17381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-06 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51
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Summary
The Virtio Vring implementation in QEMU allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) by unsetting vring alignment while updating Virtio rings.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/05/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102059 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3575-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2017-12-01 00:00
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      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2017-17381.json",
      "version": "12"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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