Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.4+dfsg-1a
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-517782
- published 6 Nov 2015
- disclosed 6 Nov 2015
Introduced: 6 Nov 2015
CVE-2015-5225 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
qemu
to version 1:2.4+dfsg-1a 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:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in the vnc_refresh_server_surface function in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors, related to refreshing the server display surface.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5225
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165484.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166798.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02495.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/21/6
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1772.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1837.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76506
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033547
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5225
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1772
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1837
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5225
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255896