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CVE-2015-6815

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Date: January 31, 2020

The process_tx_desc function in hw/net/e1000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 does not properly process transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and guest crash) via unspecified vectors.

Language: C

Severity Score

3.5

Related Resources (18)

Url: https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6815

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00026.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/5

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6815

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/04/4

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-6815

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00005.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260076

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00011.html

Url: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html

Url: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg01199.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6815

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-6815

Severity Score

3.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.5
Attack Vector (AV):	ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.7
Access Vector (AV):	ADJACENT
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2015-6815

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Date: January 31, 2020

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (18)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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