CVE-2016-4964 Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Scope
Changed
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (26th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-427794
- published 10 Dec 2016
- disclosed 10 Dec 2016
Introduced: 10 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-4964 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
qemu
to version 1:2.6+dfsg-2 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 mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4964
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=06630554ccbdd25780aa03c3548aaff1eb56dffd
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04027.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/7
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06630554ccbdd25780aa03c3548aaff1eb56dffd