First published: Thu May 19 2016(Updated: )
Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the ESP/NCR53C9x controller emulation support is vulnerable to an OOB write access issue. The controller uses 16-byte FIFO buffer for command and data transfer. The OOB write occurs while writing to this command buffer in routine get_cmd(). A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS. Upstream patch: --------------- -> <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03274.html">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03274.html</a> Reference: ---------- -> <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/19/4">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/19/4</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
QEMU KVM | <=2.6.0 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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CVE-2016-4441 has been rated as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for out-of-bounds write access.
To mitigate CVE-2016-4441, you should update QEMU to a version newer than 2.6.0 that contains the necessary patches.
CVE-2016-4441 affects QEMU versions up to 2.6.0 and specific versions of Ubuntu and Debian Linux distributions.
CVE-2016-4441 is classified as an out-of-bounds write access vulnerability in the QEMU ESP/NCR53C9x controller emulation.
CVE-2016-4441 requires a privileged user inside the guest system to exploit the vulnerability.