The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-6835 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.6 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2017:2392 | 2017-08-01 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected |
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