Information disclosure in QEMU - CVE-2015-5165
Published: August 12, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32393
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5165
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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