Improper Access Control Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.07% (31st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-427694
- published 14 Apr 2016
- disclosed 14 Apr 2016
Introduced: 14 Apr 2016
CVE-2015-8550 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.
Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges by writing to memory shared between the frontend and backend, aka a double fetch vulnerability.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8550
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8550
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-155.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79592
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034479