Input validation error in QEMU - CVE-2016-1568
Published: April 12, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40395
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1568
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows guest OS users to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1568
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4ab0359a8ae182a7ac5c99609667273167703fab
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0084.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0086.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0087.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0088.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/09/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80191
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034859
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01