CVE-2015-7295
hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.93% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169624.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169767.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169802.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/18/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169624.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169767.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169802.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/18/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.