Buffer Overflow Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
4.8% (93rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558058
- published 26 Apr 2016
- disclosed 26 Apr 2016
Introduced: 26 Apr 2016
CVE-2016-4002 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12
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:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4002
- 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/msg01131.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326082
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85992
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4002
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1