Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting qemu-guest-agent package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.19% (56th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-QEMUGUESTAGENT-1950240
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 23 Jul 2015
Introduced: 23 Jul 2015
CVE-2015-5745 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 qemu-guest-agent.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-guest-agent package and not the qemu-guest-agent package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5745
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05458.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/5
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13