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-1356456
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 20 Oct 2016
Introduced: 20 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-8909 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 intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an entry with the same value for buffer length and pointer position.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93842
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8909
- 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/2016-10/msg04682.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388052
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