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CVE-2016-7423

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Date: October 10, 2016

The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/5
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7423
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7423
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92997
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7423
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7423
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03604.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7423

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): HIGH
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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