SB2017041813 - Out-of-bounds read in qemu (Alpine package)
Published: April 18, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017041813
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) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8668)
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to a crash the entire system.
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.