Fabrice Bellard QEMU NDIS Control Message numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Fabrice Bellard QEMU. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component NDIS Control Message Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to numeric error. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-2538. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fabrice Bellard QEMU (Virtualization Software) (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component NDIS Control Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 02/23/2016 by Qinghao Tang as Bug 1303120 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-2538 since 02/23/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91660 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2016:1560-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176848 (Debian Security Update for qemu (DLA 1599-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.qemu.org. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (110926), Tenable (91660) and SecurityFocus (BID 83336†). See VDB-81154, VDB-81155, VDB-81198 and VDB-81711 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 91660
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2016:1560-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 866835
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for qemu FEDORA-2016-372
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Patch: fe3c546c5ff2a6210f9a4d8561cc64051ca8603e

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: bellard.org

Advisory: Bug 1303120
Researcher: Qinghao Tang
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-2538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81088
X-Force: 110926 - Qemu NDIS control message denial of service
SecurityFocus: 83336 - QEMU 'usb/dev-network.c' Integer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/26/2016 09:42
Updated: 07/08/2022 14:27
Changes: 02/26/2016 09:42 (70), 08/14/2018 08:21 (14), 07/08/2022 14:27 (4)
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