Memory Leak Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.5+dfsg-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Scope
Changed
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.58% (78th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-QEMU-428507
- published 13 Apr 2017
- disclosed 13 Apr 2017
Introduced: 13 Apr 2017
CVE-2015-8567 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
qemu
to version 1:2.5+dfsg-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu
package and not the qemu
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8567
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176503.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176558.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175967.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176300.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00087.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00003.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8567
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2891-1