Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.55% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-QEMU-427389
  • published9 Nov 2015
  • disclosed9 Nov 2015

Introduced: 9 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-7295  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 qemu to version 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface.

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