CVE-2014-3672

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    CVE-2014-3672

    Published: 25 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The qemu implementation in libvirt before 1.3.0 and Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host disk consumption) by writing to stdout or stderr.

    References: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035945, http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-180.html, https://libvirt.org/news-2015.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/5, https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d968ad715475a1660779bcdd2c5b38ad63db4cf

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High