Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-8668 - Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201611-11.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201611-11 (QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A privileged user /process within a guest QEMU environment can cause a Denial of Service condition against the QEMU guest process or the host. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95018 published 2016-11-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95018 title GLSA-201611-11 : QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-12394E2CC7.NASL description - CVE-2016-6836: vmxnet: Information leakage in vmxnet3_complete_packet (bz #1366370) - CVE-2016-7909: pcnet: Infinite loop in pcnet_rdra_addr (bz #1381196) - CVE-2016-7994: virtio-gpu: memory leak in resource_create_2d (bz #1382667) - CVE-2016-8577: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_read (bz #1383286) - CVE-2016-8578: 9pfs: potential NULL dereferencein 9pfs routines (bz #1383292) - CVE-2016-8668: OOB buffer access in rocker switch emulation (bz #1384898) - CVE-2016-8669: divide by zero error in serial_update_parameters (bz #1384911) - CVE-2016-8910: rtl8139: infinite loop while transmit in C+ mode (bz #1388047) - CVE-2016-8909: intel-hda: infinite loop in dma buffer stream (bz #1388053) - Infinite loop vulnerability in a9_gtimer_update (bz #1388300) - CVE-2016-9101: eepro100: memory leakage at device unplug (bz #1389539) - CVE-2016-9103: 9pfs: information leakage via xattr (bz #1389643) - CVE-2016-9102: 9pfs: memory leakage when creating extended attribute (bz #1389551) - CVE-2016-9104: 9pfs: integer overflow leading to OOB access (bz #1389687) - CVE-2016-9105: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_link (bz #1389704) - CVE-2016-9106: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_write (bz #1389713) - CVE-2016-9381: xen: incautious about shared ring processing (bz #1397385) - CVE-2016-9921: Divide by zero vulnerability in cirrus_do_copy (bz #1399054) - CVE-2016-9776: infinite loop while receiving data in mcf_fec_receive (bz #1400830) - CVE-2016-9845: information leakage in virgl_cmd_get_capset_info (bz #1402247) - CVE-2016-9846: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating cursor data (bz #1402258) - CVE-2016-9907: usbredir: memory leakage when destroying redirector (bz #1402266) - CVE-2016-9911: usb: ehci: memory leakage in ehci_init_transfer (bz #1402273) - CVE-2016-9913: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbacks (bz #1402277) - CVE-2016-10028: virtio-gpu-3d: OOB access while reading virgl capabilities (bz #1406368) - CVE-2016-9908: virtio-gpu: information leakage in virgl_cmd_get_capset (bz #1402263) - CVE-2016-9912: virtio-gpu: memory leakage when destroying gpu resource (bz #1402285) 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 2017-01-26 plugin id 96782 published 2017-01-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96782 title Fedora 24 : 2:qemu (2017-12394e2cc7) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3125-1.NASL description Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5403) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6833, CVE-2016-6834, CVE-2016-6888) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6835) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to possibly to obtain sensitive host memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6836) Felix Wilhelm discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to possibly to obtain sensitive host files. (CVE-2016-7116) Li Qiang and Tom Victor discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7155) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7156, CVE-2016-7421) Tom Victor discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled LSI SAS1068 host bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7157) Hu Chaojian discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled xlnx.xps-ethernetlite emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-7161) Qinghao Tang and Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the VMware VGA module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7170) Qinghao Tang and Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7422) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled LSI SAS1068 host bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7423) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB xHCI controller emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7466) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7908) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled AMD PC-Net II emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7909) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7994) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB EHCI emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7995) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB xHCI controller support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-8576) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-8577, CVE-2016-8578) It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Rocker switch emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-8668) It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Intel HDA controller emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-8909) Andrew Henderson discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled RTL8139 ethernet controller emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-8910) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Intel i8255x ethernet controller emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9101) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9102, CVE-2016-9104, CVE-2016-9105) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to possibly to obtain sensitive host memory. (CVE-2016-9103) Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9106). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94669 published 2016-11-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94669 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities (USN-3125-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-B953D4D3A4.NASL description - CVE-2016-6836: vmxnet: Information leakage in vmxnet3_complete_packet (bz #1366370) - CVE-2016-7909: pcnet: Infinite loop in pcnet_rdra_addr (bz #1381196) - CVE-2016-7994: virtio-gpu: memory leak in resource_create_2d (bz #1382667) - CVE-2016-8577: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_read (bz #1383286) - CVE-2016-8578: 9pfs: potential NULL dereferencein 9pfs routines (bz #1383292) - CVE-2016-8668: OOB buffer access in rocker switch emulation (bz #1384898) - CVE-2016-8669: divide by zero error in serial_update_parameters (bz #1384911) - CVE-2016-8909: intel-hda: infinite loop in dma buffer stream (bz #1388053) - Infinite loop vulnerability in a9_gtimer_update (bz #1388300) - CVE-2016-9101: eepro100: memory leakage at device unplug (bz #1389539) - CVE-2016-9103: 9pfs: information leakage via xattr (bz #1389643) - CVE-2016-9102: 9pfs: memory leakage when creating extended attribute (bz #1389551) - CVE-2016-9104: 9pfs: integer overflow leading to OOB access (bz #1389687) - CVE-2016-9105: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_link (bz #1389704) - CVE-2016-9106: 9pfs: memory leakage in v9fs_write (bz #1389713) - CVE-2016-9381: xen: incautious about shared ring processing (bz #1397385) - CVE-2016-9921: Divide by zero vulnerability in cirrus_do_copy (bz #1399054) - CVE-2016-9776: infinite loop while receiving data in mcf_fec_receive (bz #1400830) - CVE-2016-9845: information leakage in virgl_cmd_get_capset_info (bz #1402247) - CVE-2016-9846: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating cursor data (bz #1402258) - CVE-2016-9907: usbredir: memory leakage when destroying redirector (bz #1402266) - CVE-2016-9911: usb: ehci: memory leakage in ehci_init_transfer (bz #1402273) - CVE-2016-9913: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbacks (bz #1402277) - CVE-2016-10028: virtio-gpu-3d: OOB access while reading virgl capabilities (bz #1406368) - CVE-2016-9908: virtio-gpu: information leakage in virgl_cmd_get_capset (bz #1402263) - CVE-2016-9912: virtio-gpu: memory leakage when destroying gpu resource (bz #1402285) 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 2017-01-23 plugin id 96677 published 2017-01-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96677 title Fedora 25 : 2:qemu (2017-b953d4d3a4) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2016-2879-1.NASL description This update for qemu to version 2.6.2 fixes the several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-7161: Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet (bsc#1001151). - CVE-2016-7170: OOB stack memory access when processing svga command (bsc#998516). - CVE-2016-7466: xhci memory leakage during device unplug (bsc#1000345). - CVE-2016-7422: NULL pointer dereference in virtqueu_map_desc (bsc#1000346). - CVE-2016-7908: The mcf_fec_do_tx function in hw/net/mcf_fec.c did not properly limit the buffer descriptor count when transmitting packets, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a buffer descriptor with a length of 0 and crafted values in bd.flags (bsc#1002550). - CVE-2016-7995: Memory leak in ehci_process_itd (bsc#1003612). - CVE-2016-8576: The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit the number of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process (bsc#1003878). - CVE-2016-8578: The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation (bsc#1003894). - CVE-2016-9105: Memory leakage in v9fs_link (bsc#1007494). - CVE-2016-8577: Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to an I/O read operation (bsc#1003893). - CVE-2016-9106: Memory leakage in v9fs_write (bsc#1007495). - CVE-2016-8669: The serial_update_parameters function in hw/char/serial.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a value of divider greater than baud base (bsc#1004707). - CVE-2016-7909: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1002557). - CVE-2016-9101: eepro100 memory leakage whern unplugging a device (bsc#1007391). - CVE-2016-8668: The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size (bsc#1004706). - CVE-2016-8910: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count (bsc#1006538). - CVE-2016-8909: The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda.c allowed 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 (bsc#1006536). - CVE-2016-7994: Memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d (bsc#1003613). - CVE-2016-9104: Integer overflow leading to OOB access in 9pfs (bsc#1007493). - CVE-2016-8667: The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value (bsc#1004702). - CVE-2016-7907: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1002549). The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95283 published 2016-11-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95283 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2016:2879-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-1504.NASL description This update for qemu to version 2.6.2 fixes the several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-7161: Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet (bsc#1001151). - CVE-2016-7170: OOB stack memory access when processing svga command (bsc#998516). - CVE-2016-7466: xhci memory leakage during device unplug (bsc#1000345). - CVE-2016-7422: NULL pointer dereference in virtqueu_map_desc (bsc#1000346). - CVE-2016-7908: The mcf_fec_do_tx function in hw/net/mcf_fec.c did not properly limit the buffer descriptor count when transmitting packets, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a buffer descriptor with a length of 0 and crafted values in bd.flags (bsc#1002550). - CVE-2016-7995: Memory leak in ehci_process_itd (bsc#1003612). - CVE-2016-8576: The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit the number of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process (bsc#1003878). - CVE-2016-8578: The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation (bsc#1003894). - CVE-2016-9105: Memory leakage in v9fs_link (bsc#1007494). - CVE-2016-8577: Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to an I/O read operation (bsc#1003893). - CVE-2016-9106: Memory leakage in v9fs_write (bsc#1007495). - CVE-2016-8669: The serial_update_parameters function in hw/char/serial.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a value of divider greater than baud base (bsc#1004707). - CVE-2016-7909: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1002557). - CVE-2016-9101: eepro100 memory leakage whern unplugging a device (bsc#1007391). - CVE-2016-8668: The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size (bsc#1004706). - CVE-2016-8910: The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count (bsc#1006538). - CVE-2016-8909: The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda.c allowed 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 (bsc#1006536). - CVE-2016-7994: Memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d (bsc#1003613). - CVE-2016-9104: Integer overflow leading to OOB access in 9pfs (bsc#1007493). - CVE-2016-8667: The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value (bsc#1004702). - CVE-2016-7907: The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0 (bsc#1002549). These non-security issues were fixed : - Change kvm-supported.txt to be per-architecture documentation, stored in the package documentation directory of each per-arch package (bsc#1005353). - Update support doc to include current ARM64 (AArch64) support stance (bsc#1005374). - Fix migration failure when snapshot also has been done (bsc#1008148). - Change package post script udevadm trigger calls to be device specific (bsc#1002116). - Add qmp-commands.txt documentation file back in. It was inadvertently dropped. - Add an x86 cpu option (l3-cache) to specify that an L3 cache is present and another option (cpuid-0xb) to enable the cpuid 0xb leaf (bsc#1007769). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-12-27 plugin id 96129 published 2016-12-27 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/96129 title openSUSE Security Update : qemu (openSUSE-2016-1504)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/15/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93566
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02501.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11