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CVE-2015-5158

Publication date 24 July 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Stack-based buffer overflow in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU, when built with SCSI-device emulation support, allows guest OS users with CAP_SYS_RAWIO permissions to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via an invalid opcode in a SCSI command descriptor block.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 15.04 vivid
Fixed 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.3
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
qemu-kvm 15.04 vivid Not in release
14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

tyhicks

2.2.0 and newer

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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