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[SECURITY] [DLA 698-1] qemu security update

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Package : qemu

Version : 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18

CVE ID : CVE-2016-7909 CVE-2016-8909 CVE-2016-8910 CVE-2016-9101 CVE-2016-9102 CVE-2016-9103 CVE-2016-9104 CVE-2016-9105 CVE-2016-9106

Debian Bug : 839834 841950 841955 842455 842463

 

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu, a fast processor

emulator. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies

the following problems:

 

CVE-2016-7909

 

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the AMD PC-Net II emulator support is

vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving

packets via pcnet_receive().

 

A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash

the Qemu process on the host leading to DoS.

 

CVE-2016-8909

 

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the Intel HDA controller emulation support

is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing the

DMA buffer stream while doing data transfer in 'intel_hda_xfer'.

 

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to consume excessive CPU

cycles on the host, resulting in DoS.

 

CVE-2016-8910

 

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the RTL8139 ethernet controller emulation

support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while

transmitting packets in C+ mode of operation.

 

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to consume

excessive CPU cycles on the host, resulting in DoS situation.

 

CVE-2016-9101

 

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the i8255x (PRO100) NIC emulation

support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while

unplugging the device, and doing so repeatedly would result in leaking

host memory affecting, other services on the host.

 

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause a DoS on the host

and/or potentially crash the Qemu process on the host.

 

CVE-2016-9102 CVE-2016-9105 CVE-2016-9106

 

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via

Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to a several memory

leakage issues.

 

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaws to leak the host

memory bytes resulting in DoS for other services.

 

CVE-2016-9104

 

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via

Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an integer overflow

issue. It could occur by accessing xattributes values.

 

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu

process instance resulting in DoS.

 

CVE-2016-9103

 

Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via

Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an information

leakage issue. It could occur by accessing xattribute value before

it's written to.

 

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to leak host memory

bytes.

 

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version

1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18.

 

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.

 

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply

these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be

found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

 

 

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