Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-4964 - Unspecified vulnerability in Qemu
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201609-01.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201609-01 (QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Local users within a guest QEMU environment can execute arbitrary code within the host or a cause a Denial of Service condition of the QEMU guest process. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 93697 published 2016-09-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93697 title GLSA-201609-01 : QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201609-01. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(93697); script_version("$Revision: 2.2 $"); script_cvs_date("$Date: 2016/10/10 14:25:16 $"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2841", "CVE-2016-4001", "CVE-2016-4002", "CVE-2016-4020", "CVE-2016-4439", "CVE-2016-4441", "CVE-2016-4453", "CVE-2016-4454", "CVE-2016-4964", "CVE-2016-5106", "CVE-2016-5107", "CVE-2016-5126", "CVE-2016-5238", "CVE-2016-5337", "CVE-2016-5338", "CVE-2016-6490", "CVE-2016-6833", "CVE-2016-6834", "CVE-2016-6836", "CVE-2016-6888", "CVE-2016-7116", "CVE-2016-7156", "CVE-2016-7157", "CVE-2016-7421", "CVE-2016-7422"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201609-01"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201609-01 : QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201609-01 (QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Local users within a guest QEMU environment can execute arbitrary code within the host or a cause a Denial of Service condition of the QEMU guest process. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/qemu-2.7.0-r3'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:qemu"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/09/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/09/26"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulation/qemu", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.7.0-r3"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.7.0-r3"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "QEMU"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2016-A80EAB65BA.NASL description - CVE-2016-4002: net: buffer overflow in MIPSnet (bz #1326083) - CVE-2016-4952 scsi: pvscsi: out-of-bounds access issue - CVE-2016-4964: scsi: mptsas infinite loop (bz #1339157) - CVE-2016-5106: scsi: megasas: out-of-bounds write (bz #1339581) - CVE-2016-5105: scsi: megasas: stack information leakage (bz #1339585) - CVE-2016-5107: scsi: megasas: out-of-bounds read (bz #1339573) - CVE-2016-4454: display: vmsvga: out-of-bounds read (bz #1340740) - CVE-2016-4453: display: vmsvga: infinite loop (bz #1340744) - CVE-2016-5126: block: iscsi: buffer overflow (bz #1340925) - CVE-2016-5238: scsi: esp: OOB write (bz #1341932) - CVE-2016-5338: scsi: esp: OOB r/w access (bz #1343325) - CVE-2016-5337: scsi: megasas: information leakage (bz #1343910) - Fix crash with -nodefaults -sdl (bz #1340931) - Add deps on edk2-ovmf and edk2-aarch64 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-07-15 plugin id 92277 published 2016-07-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92277 title Fedora 24 : 2:qemu (2016-a80eab65ba) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2016-a80eab65ba. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(92277); script_version("2.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4002", "CVE-2016-4453", "CVE-2016-4454", "CVE-2016-4952", "CVE-2016-4964", "CVE-2016-5105", "CVE-2016-5106", "CVE-2016-5107", "CVE-2016-5126", "CVE-2016-5238", "CVE-2016-5337", "CVE-2016-5338"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2016-a80eab65ba"); script_name(english:"Fedora 24 : 2:qemu (2016-a80eab65ba)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: " - CVE-2016-4002: net: buffer overflow in MIPSnet (bz #1326083) - CVE-2016-4952 scsi: pvscsi: out-of-bounds access issue - CVE-2016-4964: scsi: mptsas infinite loop (bz #1339157) - CVE-2016-5106: scsi: megasas: out-of-bounds write (bz #1339581) - CVE-2016-5105: scsi: megasas: stack information leakage (bz #1339585) - CVE-2016-5107: scsi: megasas: out-of-bounds read (bz #1339573) - CVE-2016-4454: display: vmsvga: out-of-bounds read (bz #1340740) - CVE-2016-4453: display: vmsvga: infinite loop (bz #1340744) - CVE-2016-5126: block: iscsi: buffer overflow (bz #1340925) - CVE-2016-5238: scsi: esp: OOB write (bz #1341932) - CVE-2016-5338: scsi: esp: OOB r/w access (bz #1343325) - CVE-2016-5337: scsi: megasas: information leakage (bz #1343910) - Fix crash with -nodefaults -sdl (bz #1340931) - Add deps on edk2-ovmf and edk2-aarch64 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-a80eab65ba" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected 2:qemu package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:2:qemu"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/04/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/06/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/07/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^24([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 24", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC24", reference:"qemu-2.6.0-4.fc24", epoch:"2")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "2:qemu"); }
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/4
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04027.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06630554ccbdd25780aa03c3548aaff1eb56dffd