CVE-2015-8568

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
Link Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:38

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 - Third Party Advisory () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2017-04-11 19:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:38


NVD link : CVE-2015-8568

Mitre link : CVE-2015-8568

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8568


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

qemu

  • qemu
CWE
CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime