Information disclosure in QEMU



| Updated: 2020-07-28
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-5165
CWE-ID CWE-200
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 QEMU
Client/Desktop applications / Virtualization software

Vendor QEMU

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU32393

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5165

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

QEMU: 3.1.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165373.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00018.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00027.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1674.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1683.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1739.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1740.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1793.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1833.html
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201717
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3349
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76153
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033176
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-140.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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