Information disclosure in qemu (Alpine package)



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 (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

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 (Alpine package): 1.6.2-r5

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5509c50a7b4bb564bc59f9af2f71110dd3d0fc52
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5804c8a40450c4af7e6a02403aa7ff9133867d22


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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