CVE-2017-15119 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.55% · 81.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
1.55%
81.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSqemu0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10

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