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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-6834: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Dec 9, 2016

Added

Oct 30, 2017

Modified

Mar 31, 2026

Description

The net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the current fragment length.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu

References

CVE-2016-6834
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-6834
CWE-120
EUVD-EUVD-2016-7719
GENTOO-201609-01
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-7719

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