CVE-2015-8567
high
CVSS v3
7.7
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
7.7
Description
Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
85%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8567
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8567.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| suse | 12 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.5.1.1"} | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8567.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176503.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176558.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175967.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176300.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00087.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00003.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2891-1
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8567
CWEs
CWE-401
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.