PT-2015-7369 · Qemu+3 · Qemu+3
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Published
2015-09-08
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2015-6815
CVSS v3.1
3.5
Low
| Vector | AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
QEMU versions prior to 2.4.0.1
Description
A flaw in the QEMU-emulated e1000 network interface card allows attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop and guest crash, when sending a network packet. This issue can be exploited by a privileged guest user to crash the guest.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 2.4.0.1, update to version 2.4.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the
process tx desc function in the hw/net/e1000.c file until a patch is available.Exploit
Fix
DoS
Infinite Loop
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Qemu
Suse
Ubuntu