CVE-2016-4952
Published on: 09/02/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:26:58 PM UTC
Certain versions of Ubuntu Linux from Canonical contain the following vulnerability:
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via vectors related to the (1) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_RINGS or (2) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_MSG_RING SCSI command.
- CVE-2016-4952 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
CVSS3 Score: 6 - MEDIUM
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | HIGH | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
CHANGED | NONE | NONE | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 1.9 - LOW
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
LOCAL | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
NONE | NONE | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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[SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update | Mailing List Third Party Advisory lists.debian.org text/html |
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oss-security - CVE request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: out-of-bounds access issue in pvsci_ring_init_msg/data routines | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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USN-3047-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | Third Party Advisory www.ubuntu.com text/html |
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USN-3047-2: QEMU regression | Ubuntu | Third Party Advisory www.ubuntu.com text/html |
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Bug 1334384 – CVE-2016-4952 Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: out-of-bounds access issue in pvsci_ring_init_msg/data routines | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory bugzilla.redhat.com text/html |
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oss-security - Re: CVE request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: out-of-bounds access issue in pvsci_ring_init_msg/data routines | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] scsi: pvscsi: check command descriptor ring buffer | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory lists.gnu.org text/x-diff |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
Application | Qemu | Qemu | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE