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Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 13:22:13 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Raphael Geissert <geissert@...ian.org>, security@...cle.com
Subject: Re: Possible CVE request: virtualbox virtio-net host
 DoS

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On 07/05/2013 04:13 AM, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Quoting [1]:
>> I have discovered a problem with virtio-net that leads to a
>> lockup of the host machine's kernel and the need for a hard reset
>> to make it working again.
> 
> The bug is said to be worked around in version 4.2.14 and really
> fixed in 4.2.16, but the changelog of either version doesn't
> reference that ticket.
> 
> Rumors say that virtualbox makes the host randomly hang, but since 
> there is an actual bug report and confirmation from upstream this
> time I guess a CVE id should be assigned.
> 
> [1] https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11863 [2]
> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog [3]
> https://secunia.com/advisories/53858/
> 
> Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer www.debian.org -
> get.debian.net

Oracle is a CNA so they should handle this:

http://cve.mitre.org/cve/cna.html

CC'ing them. Can you guys assign one quickly so this can be properly
tracked? Thanks!

- -- 
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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