CVE-2016-6835 Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Scope
Changed
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (25th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-427348
- published 10 Dec 2016
- disclosed 10 Dec 2016
Introduced: 10 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-6835 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.
The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6835
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6835
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6835
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369012