CVE-2016-2857

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-02-17
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

The net_checksum_calculate function in net/checksum.c in QEMU allowslocal guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via the payload length in a crafted packet.

See more information about CVE-2016-2857 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2017-0309	2017-02-23
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2017-0083	2017-01-17
Oracle VM version 3.4 (qemu-kvm)	OVMSA-2017-0043	2017-02-23