Vigil@nce - QEMU: buffer overflow of mipsnet_receive
June 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A remote attacker can send large packets to generate a buffer
overflow in the MIPSnet driver of QEMU, in order to trigger a
denial of service, and possibly to run code.
– Impacted products: Fedora, QEMU, Ubuntu.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 12/04/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The QEMU product offers a network device compatible with MIPSnet.
However, if the size of received packets is superior to 1514 bytes
(with Large MTU), an overflow occurs in the mipsnet_receive()
function.
A remote attacker can therefore send large packets to generate a
buffer overflow in the MIPSnet driver of QEMU, in order to trigger
a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/QEMU-buffer-overflow-of-mipsnet-receive-19341