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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5126) (Multiple Advisories): qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5126) (Multiple Advisories): qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2016
Modified
11/23/2022

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_aio_ioctl function in block/iscsi.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iSCSI asynchronous I/O ioctl call.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcacard
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcacard-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcacard-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-img
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools

References

  • ELSA-2016-2585
  • USN-3047-1
  • USN-3047-2
  • CVE-2016-5126

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