Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libcacard-tools package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-LIBCACARDTOOLS-1355630
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 30 Sep 2016
Introduced: 30 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-7909 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 libcacard-tools.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcacard-tools package and not the libcacard-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93275
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7909
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg07942.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/6
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
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