CVE-2017-9310 Denial of service in n/a
Local privileged guest users can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in QEMU e1000e NIC emulation when descriptor heads are set outside allocated buffers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-9310?
CVE-2017-9310 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the e1000e NIC emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to setting the initial receive / transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) outside the allocated descriptor buffer.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9310?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9310?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-9310 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9310 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9310, GHSA-q74v-9phf-c8wh.