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SUSE: CVE-2016-6835: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-6835: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2016
Modified
06/20/2021

Description

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-qemu
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-block-curl
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-block-rbd
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-guest-agent
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-ipxe
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-lang
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-ppc
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-s390
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-seabios
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-sgabios
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-tools
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-vgabios
  • suse-upgrade-qemu-x86
  • suse-upgrade-xen
  • suse-upgrade-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-xen-doc-html
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools-domu

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2473-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2507-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2533-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2946-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2969-1
  • RHSA-2017:2392
  • CVE-2016-6835
  • USN-3125-1
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