CVE-2016-1981
Published: 22 January 2016
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing data via transmit or receive descriptors, provided the initial receive/transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) is set outside the allocated descriptor buffer. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance resulting in DoS.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
trusty |
Released
(2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22)
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|
upstream |
Needed
|
|
vivid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
wily |
Released
(1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.2)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg03454.html |
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qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.27)
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needed
|
|
vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
wily |
Does not exist
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.5 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |