CVE-2015-5278
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · CWE-835
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2Patch
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.htmlPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.htmlAdvisory
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14Advisory