vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-8379: ELSA-2018-4285: qemu security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 28, 2017
Added
May 15, 2019
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

Memory leak in the keyboard input event handlers support in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by rapidly generating large keyboard events.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-ivshmem-toolsoracle-linux-upgrade-qemuoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-glusteroracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-iscsioracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-block-rbdoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-commonoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-imgoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvmoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-coreoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64-coreoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-x86oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-system-x86-core
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