Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu-img package, versions <10:1.5.3-86.el7_1.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUIMG-5022204
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jul 2015

Introduced: 27 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-5154  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-img to version 10:1.5.3-86.el7_1.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1507.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-img package and not the qemu-img package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands.

CVSS Scores

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