Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.4+dfsg-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.33% (71st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558235
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 23 Jan 2020
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2015-5278 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12
qemu
to version 1:2.4+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:12
relevant fixed versions and status.
The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5278
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5278
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14