CVE-2016-2858 | BDVDB-2026-75007 Detail
Description#
QEMU, when built with the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) back-end support, allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an entropy request, which triggers arbitrary stack based allocation and memory corruption.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314676
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=60253ed1e6ec6d8e5ef2efe7bf755f475dce9956
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84134
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/04/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.