PT-2015-1967 · Qemu+6 · Qemu+6

Kevin Wolf · Published 2015-07-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-5154

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions QEMU versions prior to the version that includes the fix for this issue Xen versions 4.5.x and earlier

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem of QEMU, which is used in Xen. This overflow can occur when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allowing local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified ATAPI commands. The vulnerability can be exploited by a local attacker to gain control over the host system.

Recommendations For Xen versions 4.5.x and earlier, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For QEMU, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the CDROM drive in the container to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1865

BDU:2015-11313

CESA-2015_1507

CVE-2015-5154

DSA-3348-1

MGASA-2015-0310

MGASA-2016-0098

OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1964-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2015_2003-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1

RHSA-2015:1507

RHSA-2015:1508

RHSA-2015:1512

RHSA-2015_1507

SUSE-SU-2015:1299-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1302-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1408-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1409-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1421-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1426-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1455-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1472-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1479-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1479-2

SUSE-SU-2015:1782-1

SUSE-SU-2015:2324-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1408-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1409-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1421-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1455-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1472-1

USN-2692-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Qemu

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Xen

References · 357

• 🔥 https://github.com/vincentbernat/cve-2015-3456 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3348-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5154 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0098.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3209 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5165 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00017.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00042.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:1782-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10460 · Security Note
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-138.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163681.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5154 · Security Note