Infinite loop in QEMU - CVE-2015-5278
Published: August 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33991
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5278
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU
QEMU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the ne2000_receive() function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html