Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (24th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-514959
- published 2 Sep 2016
- disclosed 2 Sep 2016
Introduced: 2 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-5105 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
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:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, uses an uninitialized variable, which allows local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5105
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04419.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339583
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5105
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2