cve-2016-6834
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-10 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:43
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| secalert@redhat.com | http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ead315e43ea0c2ca3491209c6c8db8ce3f2bbe05 | ||
| secalert@redhat.com | http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/8 | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| secalert@redhat.com | http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/7 | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| secalert@redhat.com | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92446 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| secalert@redhat.com | https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| secalert@redhat.com | https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01601.html | Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
| secalert@redhat.com | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | Third Party Advisory |
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