Design/Logic Flaw

In vm-superio before 0.1.1, the serial console FIFO can grow to unlimited memory usage when data is sent to the input source i.e., standard input. This behavior cannot be reproduced from the guest side. When no rate limiting is in place, the host can be subject to memory pressure, impacting all...

CVE-2020-27173

CVE-2020-27173 : In vm-superio prior to 0.1.1, the serial console FIFO can grow to unlimited memory usage when data is sent to stdin. Root cause is the absence of rate limiting, which can cause memory pressure on the host and affect other VMs on the same host. Affected version: vm-superio

CVE-2020-27173

In vm-superio before 0.1.1, the serial console FIFO can grow to unlimited memory usage when data is sent to the input source i.e., standard input. This behavior cannot be reproduced from the guest side. When no rate limiting is in place, the host can be subject to memory pressure, impacting all...

CVE-2020-27173: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

In vm-superio before 0.1.1, the serial console FIFO can grow to unlimited memory usage when data is sent to the input source i.e., standard input. This behavior cannot be reproduced from the guest side. When no rate limiting is in place, the host can be subject to memory pressure, impacting all...