Qemu NBD Server Assertion-Failure Vulnerability

CVE-2017-7539 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

An assertion-failure flaw was found in Qemu before 2.10.1, in the Network Block Device (NBD) server's initial connection negotiation, where the I/O coroutine was undefined. This could crash the qemu-nbd server if a client sent unexpected data during connection negotiation. A remote user or process could use this flaw to crash the qemu-nbd server resulting in denial of service.

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