Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.7+dfsg-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.16% (85th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-426923
- published 5 Oct 2016
- disclosed 5 Oct 2016
Introduced: 5 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-7161 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
qemu
to version 1:2.7+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu
package and not the qemu
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
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References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7161
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7161
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968