Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.4+dfsg-1a
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (24th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-522623
- published 12 Apr 2016
- disclosed 12 Apr 2016
Introduced: 12 Apr 2016
CVE-2015-5158 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.
Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU, when built with SCSI-device emulation support, allows guest OS users with CAP_SYS_RAWIO permissions to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via an invalid opcode in a SCSI command descriptor block.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5158
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg04558.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76016
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033095
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5158