CVE-2015-6815
LOW severity · CVSS 3.5 · CWE-835
3.5CVSS LOW
Summary
The process_tx_desc function in hw/net/e1000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 does not properly process transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactLow
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00026.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00026.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00005.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00011.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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/04/4Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/5Advisory