[Secure-testing-team] Bug#817182: qemu: CVE-2016-2857: net: out of bounds read in net_checksum_calculate

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: qemu
Version: 1.1.2+dfsg-6a
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for qemu.

CVE-2016-2857[0]:
net: out of bounds read in net_checksum_calculate

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-2016-2857
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-03/msg00671.html
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296567

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore