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 out-of-bounds write access issue. It could occur while processing MegaRAID Firmware Interface(MFI) command to set controller properties in 'megasas_dcmd_set_properties'. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS. Upstream patch: --------------- -> <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04340.html">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04340.html</a> Reference: ---------- -> <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/6">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/6</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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CVE-2016-5106 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for privilege escalation.
To fix CVE-2016-5106, update QEMU to version 2.6.3 or later, or apply relevant patches provided by your Linux distribution.
CVE-2016-5106 affects users running QEMU with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation on various Linux distributions.
The potential impact of CVE-2016-5106 includes unauthorized access and modification of system properties by privileged users.
Yes, CVE-2016-5106 specifically affects versions of Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, and Debian Linux 8.0.