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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4439: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4439: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/19/2020

Description

The esp_reg_write function in hw/scsi/esp.c in the 53C9X Fast SCSI Controller (FSC) support in QEMU does not properly check command buffer length, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via unspecified vectors.

Solution(s)

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

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