Buffer Overflow Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.4+dfsg-1a
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.19% (56th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QEMU-428149
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 23 Jan 2020
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2015-5745 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
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:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5745
- 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://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5745
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13