CVE-2017-5931

NameCVE-2017-5931
DescriptionInteger overflow in hw/virtio/virtio-crypto.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via a crafted virtio-crypto request, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs854730

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23fixed
stretch (security)1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12fixed
bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie1:9.2.0+ds-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcewheezy(not affected)
qemusourcejessie(not affected)
qemusource(unstable)1:2.8+dfsg-3854730
qemu-kvmsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg01368.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/8

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