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Debian: CVE-2015-8568: qemu -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 3, 2016
Added
Feb 9, 2016
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.

Solution

debian-upgrade-qemu
Title
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