CVE-2015-4037
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.9
Description
The slirp_smb function in net/slirp.c in QEMU 2.3.0 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (instantiation failure) by creating /tmp/qemu-smb.*-* files before the program.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.3.0"} | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160058.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160414.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00063.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3284
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3285
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/16/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/23/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74809
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032547
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2630-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222892
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4037
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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