CVE-2017-15119 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Network Block Device (NBD) server component of QEMU versions prior to 2.11, affecting products from vendors like Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending excessively large option requests, causing the server to consume significant CPU resources and prevent legitimate clients from accessing services. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.6, indicating a critical impact on availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
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