CVE-2015-8345 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Local guest users can crash the QEMU eepro100 emulator or cause an infinite loop via command block list vectors.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-8345?

CVE-2015-8345 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The eepro100 emulator in QEMU qemu-kvm blank allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (application crash and infinite loop) via vectors involving the command block list.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8345?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8345?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-8345 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8345 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8345, GHSA-qh5w-h894-x9jx, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8345.

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