CVE-2016-1714

NameCVE-2016-1714
DescriptionThe (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions in hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c in QEMU before 2.4, when built with the Firmware Configuration device emulation support, allow guest OS users with the CAP_SYS_RAWIO privilege to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid current entry value in a firmware configuration.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3469-1, DSA-3470-1, DSA-3471-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23fixed
stretch (security)1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12fixed
bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie1:9.2.0+ds-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
qemusourcewheezy1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u12DSA-3469-1
qemusourcejessie1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5aDSA-3471-1
qemusource(unstable)1:2.5+dfsg-4
qemu-kvmsourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
qemu-kvmsourcewheezy1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u12DSA-3470-1
qemu-kvmsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[squeeze] - qemu <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
[squeeze] - qemu-kvm <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296060
Upstream fix: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg00428.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/7
fw_cfg support for guest-side data writes removed in 2.4 (1:2.4+dfsg-1a)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=023e3148567ac898c7258138f8e86c3c2bb40d07 (v2.4.0-rc0)
fw_cfg_read removed in: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=6c8d56a2e95712a6206a2671d2b04b2e59cabc0b

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