CVE-2016-6834
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 10, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 17, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ead315e43ea0c2ca3491209c6c8db8ce3f2bbe05
- 92446vdb-entry
- GLSA-201609-01vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160817 Re: CVE request Qemu: an infinite loop during packet fragmentationmailing-list
- [qemu-devel] 20160809 [PULL 1/3] net: check fragment length during fragmentationmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160812 CVE request Qemu: an infinite loop during packet fragmentationmailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
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