QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support is vulnerable to crash issue. It occurs when a guest sends a Layer-2 packet smaller than 22 bytes. A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
References
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 02:39
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a7278b36fcab9af469563bd7b - | |
| References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/3 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/6 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79821 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034576 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270871 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2016-12-29 22:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:39
NVD link : CVE-2015-8744
Mitre link : CVE-2015-8744
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8744
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
qemu
- qemu
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation