CVE-2016-5403

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-07-27

Description

The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows localguest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.

See more information about CVE-2016-5403 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.3	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kvm)	ELSA-2016-1943	2016-09-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2016-1585	2016-08-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2016-1606	2016-08-11
Oracle VM version 3.4 (qemu-kvm)	OVMSA-2016-0096	2016-08-09

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