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Debian: CVE-2016-6835: qemu -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-6835: qemu -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/09/2016
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/20/2019
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu

References

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