Resource management error in QEMU - CVE-2015-8345
Published: April 13, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39187
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8345
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to a crash the entire system.
The eepro100 emulator in QEMU qemu-kvm blank allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (application crash and infinite loop) via vectors involving the command block list.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8345
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/25/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77985
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-10/msg03911.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01