Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2017-15119 lets a remote client make QEMU's Network Block Device server spend excessive CPU time processing very large option requests. The result is service disruption, not data theft or code execution, based on the provided sources. Exposure is likely limited to environments running QEMU with the NBD server enabled or packaged in affected downstream distributions. Systems not exposing QEMU NBD to clients are less directly exposed, but inventory is needed to confirm usage. Treat this as a moderate operational resilience issue. Prioritize internet-facing, tenant-facing, or shared virtualization/storage environments first; isolated lab or internal-only deployments can follow normal patch cycles. Mitigation focus: Upgrade QEMU from vulnerable pre-2.11 builds to a fixed vendor-supported version.; Apply relevant Debian, Red Hat, or Ubuntu security updates where those packages are used.; Review vendor advisories for any distribution-specific backported fix details..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L3.91.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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5.8MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-11/msg05044.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-4213CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15119CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2018:1104CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2018:1113CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- USN-3575-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
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