CVE - CVE-2017-5856

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-5856	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.
References
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MISC:95999 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95999 MISC:GLSA-201702-28 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 MISC:[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html MISC:[oss-security] 20170201 CVE request Qemu: scsi: megasas: host memory leakage in megasas_handle_dcmd URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/19 MISC:[oss-security] 20170202 Re: CVE request Qemu: scsi: megasas: host memory leakage in megasas_handle_dcmd URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/14 MISC:http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=765a707000e838c30b18d712fe6cb3dd8e0435f3 URL:http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=765a707000e838c30b18d712fe6cb3dd8e0435f3 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418342 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418342
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20170201	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170201)
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