PT-2016-2679
CVE-2016-5105
·
Published
2016-05-30
·
Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
4.4
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
QEMU (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to the megasas dcmd cfg read function in the hw/scsi/megasas.c file of QEMU, specifically when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support. This function uses an uninitialized variable, allowing local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾