Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (27th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-427278
- published 12 Apr 2016
- disclosed 12 Apr 2016
Introduced: 12 Apr 2016
CVE-2016-2857 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
The net_checksum_calculate function in net/checksum.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via the payload length in a crafted packet.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2857
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=362786f14a753d8a5256ef97d7c10ed576d6572b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/03/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/3
- 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0083.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0309.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0334.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0344.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0350.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84130
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2857
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=362786f14a753d8a5256ef97d7c10ed576d6572b
- 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/errata/RHSA-2017:0083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0309
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0334
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0344
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0350
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2857
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296567