CVE-2016-6351
First published: Wed Sep 07 2016(Updated: )
The esp_do_dma function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with ESP/NCR53C9x controller emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors involving DMA read into ESP command buffer.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| QEMU KVM | <=2.6.2 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=926cde5f3e4d2504ed161ed0cb771ac7cad6fd11
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc96677469388bad3d66479379735cf75db069e3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92119
- 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
- agent/references
- agent/type
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/author
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/severity
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/source
- vendor/qemu
- canonical/qemu kvm
- version/qemu kvm/2.6.2
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/12.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/16.04
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0