Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.4+dfsg-4


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 7.64% (95th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-427395
  • published 9 Nov 2015
  • disclosed 9 Nov 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable qemu to version 1:2.4+dfsg-4 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:unstable 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.