Buffer Overflow Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Scope
Changed
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
3.49% (92nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-517194
- published 23 May 2016
- disclosed 23 May 2016
Introduced: 23 May 2016
CVE-2016-4001 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
qemu
to version 1:2.6+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:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4001
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3a15cc0e1ee7168db0782133d2607a6bfa422d66
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01334.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85976
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4001
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a15cc0e1ee7168db0782133d2607a6bfa422d66