Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-10717 (CCN-181379)

Assigned:2020-05-04
Published:2020-05-04
Updated:2022-11-16
Summary:A potential DoS flaw was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon (virtiofsd) implementation of the QEMU version >= v5.0. Virtio-fs is meant to share a host file system directory with a guest via virtio-fs device. If the guest opens the maximum number of file descriptors under the shared directory, a denial of service may occur. This flaw allows a guest user/process to cause this denial of service on the host.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.5 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-770
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-10717

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10717

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
qemu-cve202010717-dos(181379)

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-05/msg00141.html

Source: CCN
Type: qemu-devel Web site
[PULL 2/6] virtiofsd: stay below fs.file-max sysctl value (CVE-2020-1071

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-05/msg00143.html

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Mon, 4 May 2020 11:40:42 +0530 (IST)
CVE-2020-10717 QEMU: virtiofsd: guest may open maximum file descriptor to cause DoS

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-202011-09

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/04/1

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 5.0 and < 5.0.1)

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7791
    P
    qemu-tools-7.1.0-150500.47.15 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:618
    P
    Security update for python (Important) (in QA)
    2022-10-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3187
    P
    libidn-tools-1.28-5.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3518
    P
    guile-2.0.9-9.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95148
    P
    qemu-6.2.0-150400.35.10 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94817
    P
    qemu-tools-6.2.0-150400.35.10 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:296
    P
    qemu-tools-5.2.0-9.18 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:351
    P
    qemu-6.2.0-150400.35.10 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113318
    P
    qemu-6.1.0-32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1225
    P
    Security update for java-1_8_0-openjdk (Important)
    2021-11-23
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106728
    P
    qemu-6.1.0-32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101394
    P
    qemu-5.2.0-9.18 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63368
    P
    qemu-5.2.0-9.18 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2279
    P
    qemu-5.2.0-9.18 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101072
    P
    qemu-tools-5.2.0-9.18 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72055
    P
    qemu-tools-5.2.0-9.18 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62314
    P
    qemu-tools-5.2.0-9.18 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    BACK
    qemu qemu *