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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2841: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2841: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu

References

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