Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6414
CVE-2017-6414
Description
Memory leak in the vcard_apdu_new function in card_7816.c in libcacard before 2.5.3 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via vectors related to allocating a new APDU object.
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Affected products
15- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205
< 4.5.5_10-22.14.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_10-22.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_16-54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_10-22.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_16-22.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_16-54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_16-22.36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_10-22.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_16-54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_10-22.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-38.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/01/11nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96541nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408nvdThird Party Advisory
- cgit.freedesktop.org/spice/libcacard/tree/NEWSnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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