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CVE-2017-10664 json

qemu-nbd in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not ignore SIGPIPE, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-2311

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

qemu-nbd in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not ignore SIGPIPE, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by disconnecting during a server-to-client reply attempt.

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.8+dfsg-7

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10664

  • qemu Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.35
  • qemu Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.15

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10664

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • qemu-kvm-rhev openstack 11, openstack 10, openstack 9 +3 more 10:2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
  • qemu-img-rhev openstack 11, openstack 10, openstack 9 +3 more 10:2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
  • qemu-kvm-tools-rhev openstack 11, openstack 10, openstack 9 +3 more 10:2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
  • qemu-kvm-common-rhev openstack 11, openstack 10, openstack 9 +3 more 10:2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
  • qemu-kvm-rhev RHEL 7 10:2.9.0-16.el7_4.3
  • qemu-img-rhev RHEL 7 10:2.9.0-16.el7_4.3
  • qemu-kvm-tools-rhev RHEL 7 10:2.9.0-16.el7_4.3
  • qemu-kvm-common-rhev RHEL 7 10:2.9.0-16.el7_4.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:3470RHSA-2017:3471RHSA-2017:3466RHSA-2017:3472RHSA-2017:3474RHSA-2017:3473

  • kvm SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.4.2-53.11.1
  • xen SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 +1 more 4.9.0_11-3.9.1
  • kvm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 1.4.2-60.3.1
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 6 2.3.1-33.3.3
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 2.6.2-41.22.2
  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 4.4.4_22-61.9.2
  • qemu SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 2.9.0-6.3.1
  • xen SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 4.2.5_21-45.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3084-1SUSE-SU-2017:2327-2SUSE-SU-2017:2327-1SUSE-SU-2017:2969-1SUSE-SU-2017:2963-1SUSE-SU-2017:2946-1

  • qemu openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.1.0-32.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-10664 updated cvss 5.3

Qemu: qemu-nbd: server breaks with SIGPIPE upon client abort

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) qemu-kvm-rhev
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2445
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3473
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 qemu-img-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3472
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qemu-img 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm-tools 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1, qemu-kvm-common 1.5.3-141.el7_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2445
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) qemu-img-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3471
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3470
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3474
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  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 qemu-img-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3466
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.3, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.3, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.3, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.3 Red Hat RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hosts qemu-img-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.3, qemu-kvm-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.3, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.3, qemu-kvm-common-rhev 2.9.0-16.el7_4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm, xen Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, qemu-kvm-tools, qemu-guest-agent, qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) qemu-img-rhev, qemu-kvm-rhev, qemu-kvm-tools-rhev, qemu-kvm-common-rhev
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

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