CVE-2016-7155 Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (25th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-427017
- published 10 Dec 2016
- disclosed 10 Dec 2016
Introduced: 10 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-7155 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
qemu
to version 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or infinite loop, and QEMU process crash) via a crafted page count for descriptor rings.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7155
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=7f61f4690dd153be98900a2a508b88989e692753
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00050.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92772
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7155
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7f61f4690dd153be98900a2a508b88989e692753