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CVE-2016-7423 Detail

Description

The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/11 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/11 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/5 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/5 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92997 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92997 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03604.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03604.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7423
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.