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

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Severity

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

References

CVE-2015-8568
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8568
CWE-772
DEBIAN-DSA-3471
EUVD-EUVD-2015-8446
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8446

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