Quick Emulator (QEMU) built with the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. The vulnerability could occur while processing the transmit(tx) queue when it reaches the end of a packet. A privileged user inside guest could use this vulnerability to leak host memory bytes to a guest.
Find out more about CVE-2016-6836 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected |
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