Use of Uninitialized Resource The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package qemu-kvm (opens in a new tab)
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- published2 Sept 2016
- disclosed2 Sept 2016
Introduced: 2 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-5105 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-kvm package and not the qemu-kvm package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, uses an uninitialized variable, which allows local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5105
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5105
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04419.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339583
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2