Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (26th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-427197
- published 5 Oct 2016
- disclosed 5 Oct 2016
Introduced: 5 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-7909 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
qemu
to version 1:2.8+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.
The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7909
- 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/2016-09/msg07942.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93275
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7909