Access Restriction Bypass Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.4+dfsg-1a
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (26th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-524580
- published 12 Aug 2015
- disclosed 12 Aug 2015
Introduced: 12 Aug 2015
CVE-2015-5166 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.
Use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU in Xen 4.5.x and earlier does not completely unplug emulated block devices, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges by unplugging a block device twice.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5166
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-139.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165373.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76152
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033175
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5166