Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu-guest-agent package, versions <2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.28% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-QEMUGUESTAGENT-1494717
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jun 2015

Introduced: 10 Jun 2015

CVE-2015-3209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 qemu-guest-agent to version 2:0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1087.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-guest-agent package and not the qemu-guest-agent package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PCNET controller in QEMU allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a packet with TXSTATUS_STARTPACKET set and then a crafted packet with TXSTATUS_DEVICEOWNS set.

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