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Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-7504: xen Multiple security issues

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-7504: xen Multiple security issues

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/17/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU allows guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of packets in loopback mode.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-linux-grsec
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-linux-vanilla
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-qemu
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-xen

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