vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-6aa3322f-b150-11e5-9728-002590263bf5 (CVE-2015-5279): qemu -- denial of service vulnerabilities in NE2000 NIC support
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 2, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 2, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Prasad J Pandit, Red Hat Product Security Team, reports: Qemu emulator built with the NE2000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur when receiving packets over the network. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS. Qemu emulator built with the NE2000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow issue. It could occur when receiving packets over the network. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu instance or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-qemufreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-develfreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-sbrunofreebsd-upgrade-package-qemu-user-static
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