CVE-2015-5165
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.3
Description
The C+ mode offload emulation in the RTL8139 network card device model in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, allows remote attackers to read process heap memory via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
40%
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 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.7 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Affected | — |
| 10 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| sid | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| forky | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 | |
| redhat | openstack | 5.0 | |
| redhat | openstack | 6.0 | |
| redhat | virtualization | 3.0 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5165.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165373.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167792.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167820.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00027.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1674.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1683.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1739.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1740.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1793.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1833.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201717
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3349
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76153
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033176
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-140.html
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5165
CWEs
CWE-908
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.