Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-427769
- published 29 Dec 2016
- disclosed 29 Dec 2016
Introduced: 29 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-9776 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33 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.
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash the QEMU process on the host leading to DoS.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9776
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9776
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg05324.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400829
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94638