Vigil@nce - QEMU: infinite loop in the emulator of the network device e1000e
July 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A privileged attacker, inside a guest system, can generate an
endless loop in the QEMU emulator for the netword card 1000e, in
order to trigger a denial of service on the host system.
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, QEMU.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 31/05/2017.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
A privileged attacker, inside a guest system, can generate an
endless loop in the QEMU emulator for the netword card 1000e, in
order to trigger a denial of service on the host system.
A detailed analysis was not performed for this bulletin.
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