Resource Exhaustion Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-427667
- published 23 May 2016
- disclosed 23 May 2016
Introduced: 23 May 2016
CVE-2016-4037 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
The ehci_advance_state function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a circular split isochronous transfer descriptor (siTD) list, a related issue to CVE-2015-8558.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4037
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4037
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02691.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02734.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86283
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2
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