Buffer Overflow Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.8+dfsg-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
2.04% (89th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-522382
- published 20 Mar 2017
- disclosed 20 Mar 2017
Introduced: 20 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-6058 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
qemu
to version 1:2.8+dfsg-3 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 NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf in hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when the VLANSTRIP feature is enabled on the vmxnet3 device, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to VLAN stripping.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6058
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=df8bf7a7fe75eb5d5caffa55f5cd4292b757aea6
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg03527.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/17/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1423358
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96277
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037856
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df8bf7a7fe75eb5d5caffa55f5cd4292b757aea6