CVE-2016-3710

NameCVE-2016-3710
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-539-1, DLA-540-1, DLA-571-1, DSA-3573-1
Debian Bugs823830

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie1:9.1.0+ds-8fixed
xen (PTS)bullseye4.14.6-1fixed
bullseye (security)4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1fixed
bookworm4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcewheezy1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u13DLA-540-1
qemusourcejessie1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6DSA-3573-1
qemusource(unstable)1:2.6+dfsg-1823830
qemu-kvmsourcewheezy1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u13DLA-539-1
qemu-kvmsource(unstable)(unfixed)
xensourcewheezy4.1.6.lts1-1DLA-571-1
xensource(unstable)4.4.0-1

Notes

[wheezy] - xen <no-dsa> (default configuration not vulnerable)
Xen switched to qemu-system in 4.4.0-1
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-179.html
mitigation: run HVM in stubdomains, PV, default video card not vulnerable, i386-only

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