[Secure-testing-team] Bug#846797: qemu: CVE-2016-9776: net: mcf_fec: infinite loop while receiving data in mcf_fec_receive

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.1+dfsg-11
Severity: normal
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for qemu.

CVE-2016-9776[0]:
net: mcf_fec: infinite loop while receiving data in mcf_fec_receive

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9776
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9776
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg05324.html

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore