What is the severity of CVE-2016-9845?

CVE-2016-9845 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential for information leakage.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9845?

To fix CVE-2016-9845, upgrade QEMU to a version later than 2.8.0.

Who is affected by CVE-2016-9845?

CVE-2016-9845 affects users of QEMU versions 2.8.0 and earlier that include the Virtio GPU Device emulator support.

What type of attack is associated with CVE-2016-9845?

CVE-2016-9845 can be exploited by a guest user or process to leak sensitive host memory information.

What command processing is involved in CVE-2016-9845?

CVE-2016-9845 involves an information leakage issue occurring during the processing of the 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO' command.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9845

medium

6.5

CWE

200

29/12/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9845: Infoleak

First published: Thu Dec 29 2016(Updated: )

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It could occur while processing 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO' command. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak contents of the host memory bytes.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
QEMU KVM	<2.8.0
QEMU KVM	=2.8.0-rc0
QEMU KVM	=2.8.0-rc1
QEMU KVM	=2.8.0-rc2

Remedy

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg00019.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9845?
CVE-2016-9845 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential for information leakage.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9845?
To fix CVE-2016-9845, upgrade QEMU to a version later than 2.8.0.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-9845?
CVE-2016-9845 affects users of QEMU versions 2.8.0 and earlier that include the Virtio GPU Device emulator support.
What type of attack is associated with CVE-2016-9845?
CVE-2016-9845 can be exploited by a guest user or process to leak sensitive host memory information.
What command processing is involved in CVE-2016-9845?
CVE-2016-9845 involves an information leakage issue occurring during the processing of the 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO' command.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9845?
CVE-2016-9845 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential for information leakage.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9845?
To fix CVE-2016-9845, upgrade QEMU to a version later than 2.8.0.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-9845?
CVE-2016-9845 affects users of QEMU versions 2.8.0 and earlier that include the Virtio GPU Device emulator support.
What type of attack is associated with CVE-2016-9845?
CVE-2016-9845 can be exploited by a guest user or process to leak sensitive host memory information.
What command processing is involved in CVE-2016-9845?
CVE-2016-9845 involves an information leakage issue occurring during the processing of the 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO' command.