FreeBSD: xen-tools -- virtio: unbounded memory allocation issue (CVE-2016-5403)
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08/02/2016
07/25/2018
08/03/2016
10/30/2017
Description
The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.
Solution(s)
- freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-tools
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