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CVE-2016-6834

Status Candidate

Overview

The net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the current fragment length.

Related Files

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3125-1: Posted Nov 10, 2016; Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com; Ubuntu Security Notice 3125-1 - Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. Various other issues were also addressed.; tags | advisory, denial of service; systems | linux, ubuntu; advisories | CVE-2016-5403, CVE-2016-6833, CVE-2016-6834, CVE-2016-6835, CVE-2016-6836, CVE-2016-6888, CVE-2016-7116, CVE-2016-7155, CVE-2016-7156, CVE-2016-7157, CVE-2016-7161, CVE-2016-7170, CVE-2016-7421, CVE-2016-7422, CVE-2016-7423, CVE-2016-7466, CVE-2016-7908, CVE-2016-7909, CVE-2016-7994, CVE-2016-7995, CVE-2016-8576, CVE-2016-8577, CVE-2016-8578, CVE-2016-8668, CVE-2016-8909, CVE-2016-8910, CVE-2016-9101, CVE-2016-9102; MD5 | 0e3f135948d58b0990e5b24c0d0e1428; Download | Favorite | View