SB2016080950 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update for qemu-kvm
Published: August 9, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016080950
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5403)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.