UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5105

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5105

    Published: 30 May 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-5105
    Aliases:
    USN-3047-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5105, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04419.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3047-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5105

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High