The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.
References
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http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf | |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/5 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92444 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00
Updated: 2018-12-01T10:57:01
Reserved: 2016-08-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6836
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:07.997
Modified: 2023-02-12T23:25:13.790
Link: CVE-2016-6836
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE