CVE-2016-8577

NameCVE-2016-8577
DescriptionMemory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to an I/O read operation.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1599-1, DLA-678-1, DLA-679-1
Debian Bugs840341

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
trixie1:9.1.2+ds-1fixed
sid1:9.2.0+ds-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcewheezy1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u17DLA-678-1
qemusourcejessie1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8DLA-1599-1
qemusource(unstable)1:2.8+dfsg-1840341
qemu-kvmsourcewheezy1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u17DLA-679-1
qemu-kvmsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg07127.html
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=e95c9a493a5a8d6f969e86c9f19f80ffe6587e19

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