CVE-2016-2858

NVD - CVE-2016-2858

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CVE-2016-2858 Detail

Current Description

QEMU, when built with the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) back-end support, allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an entropy request, which triggers arbitrary stack based allocation and memory corruption.


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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=60253ed1e6ec6d8e5ef2efe7bf755f475dce9956 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/04/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/4 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84134 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314676 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-331 Insufficient Entropy cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2858
NVD Published Date:
04/07/2016
NVD Last Modified:
10/15/2020
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.