CVE-2016-5338 Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.07% (31st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-428280
- published 14 Jun 2016
- disclosed 14 Jun 2016
Introduced: 14 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-5338 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 (1) esp_reg_read and (2) esp_reg_write functions in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors related to the information transfer buffer.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5338
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=ff589551c8e8e9e95e211b9d8daafb4ed39f1aec
- 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/2016-06/msg01507.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/08/14
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91079
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5338
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ff589551c8e8e9e95e211b9d8daafb4ed39f1aec