Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Debian: CVE-2016-1981: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

Debian: CVE-2016-1981: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/09/2016
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu
  • debian-upgrade-qemu-kvm

References

insightVM

Advanced vulnerability management analytics and reporting.
Key Features
Free InsightVM Trial View All Features

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;