Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-426876
- published 11 Apr 2017
- disclosed 11 Apr 2017
Introduced: 11 Apr 2017
CVE-2015-8568 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8568
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8568
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721
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