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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4001: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4001: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/19/2020

Description

Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet.

Solution(s)

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

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