CVE-2017-15119

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.

Score
CVSS 3.0 8.6 High
Status
Modified - secalert@redhat.com
Published
2018-07-27
Last modified
2024-08-05
Weaknesses
CWE-400

Affected products

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