CVE-2016-7157 (GCVE-0-2016-7157)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-10 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The (1) mptsas_config_manufacturing_1 and (2) mptsas_config_ioc_0 functions in hw/scsi/mptconfig.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSAS_CONFIG_PACK.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92775 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2016-08-31 00:00
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