| Name | CVE-2016-8669 |
| Description | The serial_update_parameters function in hw/char/serial.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a value of divider greater than baud base. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1497-1, DLA-678-1, DLA-679-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 840945 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu (PTS) | bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.2.0+ds-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | source | wheezy | 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u17 | DLA-678-1 | ||
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 | DLA-1497-1 | ||
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 | 840945 | ||
| qemu-kvm | source | wheezy | 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u17 | DLA-679-1 | ||
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02461.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384909
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3592fe0c919cf27a81d8e9f9b4f269553418bb01