CVE - CVE-2016-1981

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1981	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing data via transmit or receive descriptors, provided the initial receive/transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) is set outside the allocated descriptor buffer. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance resulting in DoS.
References
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MISC:81549 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81549 MISC:DSA-3469 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469 MISC:DSA-3470 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470 MISC:DSA-3471 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 MISC:GLSA-201604-01 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01 MISC:RHSA-2016:2585 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2585.html MISC:[oss-security] 20160119 CVE request Qemu: net: e1000 infinite loop in start_xmit and e1000_receive_iov routines URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/10 MISC:[oss-security] 20160122 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: e1000 infinite loop in start_xmit and e1000_receive_iov routines URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/1 MISC:[qemu-devel] 20160119 [PATCH] e1000: eliminate infinite loops on out-of-bounds transfer start URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg03454.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298570 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298570
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160121	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160121)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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