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Debian: CVE-2016-5126: qemu -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-5126: qemu -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/01/2016
Created
09/24/2019
Added
09/23/2019
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_aio_ioctl function in block/iscsi.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iSCSI asynchronous I/O ioctl call.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu

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