Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.4+dfsg-1a
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- published 29 Dec 2016
- disclosed 29 Dec 2016
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
qemu
to version 1:2.4+dfsg-1a 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.
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8817
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=23820dbfc79d1c9dce090b4c555994f2bb6a69b3
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=c3c1bb99d1c11978d9ce94d1bdcf0705378c1459
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00060.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2706.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=23820dbfc79d1c9dce090b4c555994f2bb6a69b3
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3c1bb99d1c11978d9ce94d1bdcf0705378c1459
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2670
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2671
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2704
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2705
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2706
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8817