CVE-2016-7909

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-7909
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-05 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-10 18:54:00 UTC
DescriptionThe pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE Request Qemu: net: pcnet: infinite loop in pcnet_rdra_addr MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] net: pcnet: check rx/tx descriptor ring length MLIST lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201611-11) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
QEMU Infinite Loop CVE-2016-7909 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE Request Qemu: net: pcnet: infinite loop in pcnet_rdra_addr MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:3237-1: moderate: Security update for qemu SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
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