Improper Initialization Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (24th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-427152
- published 10 Dec 2016
- disclosed 10 Dec 2016
Introduced: 10 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-6836 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
qemu
to version 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 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.
The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6836
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92444
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6836
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf