CVE-2016-5105 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Qemu

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized ResourceCWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure11 documents7 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
QemuDebian QemuCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 2
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, uses an uninitialized variable, which allows local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.6+dfsg-2+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.6.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04

Patches

Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-fj37-m473-29p7: The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-5105: The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas↗2016-09-02
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm regression↗2016-08-12
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-08-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
QEMU regression↗2016-08-12
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Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-08-04
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Red Hat
Qemu: scsi: megasas: stack information leakage while reading configuration↗2016-05-25
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Debian
CVE-2016-5105: qemu - The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5105 Qemu: scsi: megasas: stack information leakage while reading configuration [fedora-all]↗2016-05-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5105 Qemu: scsi: megasas: stack information leakage while reading configuration↗2016-05-25
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