CVE-2016-9776
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash the QEMU process on the host leading to DoS.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94638
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400829
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg05324.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9776.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9776
CWEs
CWE-835
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.