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CVE-2016-6836
Published: Dec 10, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
92444
vdb-entry
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[oss-security] 20160812 CVE Request Qemu: Information leak in vmxnet3_complete_packet
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20160817 Re: CVE Request Qemu: Information leak in vmxnet3_complete_packet
mailing-list
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GLSA-201609-01
vendor-advisory
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[qemu-devel] 20160811 [PATCH] net: vmxnet: initialise local tx descriptor
mailing-list
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[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update
mailing-list
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