The VGA module in QEMU improperly performs bounds checking on banked access to video memory, which allows local guest OS administrators to execute arbitrary code on the host by changing access modes after setting the bank register, aka the "Dark Portal" issue.
References
Link Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0724.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0725.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0997.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0999.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1000.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1001.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1002.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1019.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1943.html Third Party Advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX212736 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3573 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90316 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035794 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 Third Party Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-179.html Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1224 Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05164862 Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg01197.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-05-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2018-01-04T19:57:01

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-3710

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-05-11T21:59:01.077

Modified: 2021-08-04T17:15:17.903


Link: CVE-2016-3710

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE