medium6.0
CVE-2016-6835
The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of servi…
Impact
The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | before 2.6.0 |
| Redhat | Virtualization | Version 4.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.html