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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu-guest-agent package, versions *

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Scope Changed

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (26th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
4.1 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-QEMUGUESTAGENT-1982046
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 Jan 2017
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Introduced: 11 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5579 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-772 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 qemu-guest-agent.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-guest-agent package and not the qemu-guest-agent package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Memory leak in the serial_exit_core function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.