CVE-2015-1779
high
CVSS v3
8.6
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
8.6
Description
The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
91%
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
Fedora Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Affected | — |
| 21 | Affected | — |
Red Hat Affected 8 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | Affected | — |
| 7.6 | Affected | — |
| 7.5 | Affected | — |
| 7.4 | Affected | — |
| 7.3 | Affected | — |
| 7.2 | Affected | — |
| 7.1 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:2.3+dfsg-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.2.1"} | |
| qemu | qemu | 2.3.0 | |
| redhat | virtualization | 3.0 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1779.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154656.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155196.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1931.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1943.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/24/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/09/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73303
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033975
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04894.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04895.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04896.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1779
CWEs
CWE-400
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.