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CVE-2016-9776
Published: Dec 29, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash the QEMU process on the host leading to DoS.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update
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GLSA-201701-49
vendor-advisory
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[oss-security] 20161202 CVE request Qemu: net: mcf_fec: infinite loop while receiving data in mcf_fec_receive
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[oss-security] 20161202 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: mcf_fec: infinite loop while receiving data in mcf_fec_receive
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400829
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94638
vdb-entry
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[qemu-devel] 20161130 [PATCH] net: mcf: check receive buffer size register value
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