SB2015081204 - Information disclosure in QEMU
Published: August 12, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015081204
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5165)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The C+ mode offload emulation in the RTL8139 network card device model in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, allows remote attackers to read process heap memory via unspecified vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165373.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00027.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1674.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1683.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1739.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1740.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1793.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1833.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201717
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3349
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76153
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033176
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-140.html