CVE-2016-5105
First published: Wed May 25 2016(Updated: )
Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It could occur while processing MegaRAID Firmware Interface(MFI) command to read device configuration in 'megasas_dcmd_cfg_read'. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes. Upstream patch -------------- -> <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04419.html">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04419.html</a> Reference: ---------- -> <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/5">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/5</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| QEMU KVM | <=2.6.2 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04419.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1339585
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339583
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
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