Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.64% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-427392
  • published9 Nov 2015
  • disclosed9 Nov 2015

Introduced: 9 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-7295  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21 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.

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.

CVSS Scores

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