CVE-2016-1714

Description (CNA)

The (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions in hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c in QEMU before 2.4, when built with the Firmware Configuration device emulation support, allow guest OS users with the CAP_SYS_RAWIO privilege to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid current entry value in a firmware configuration.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/12/10
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0083.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0085.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0086.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/12/11
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/7
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034858
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg00428.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0081.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80250
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0082.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0087.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0084.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0088.html

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