vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-9ad8993e-b1ba-11e5-9728-002590263bf5 (CVE-2015-8568): qemu -- denial of service vulnerability in VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC support
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 3, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 3, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Prasad J Pandit, Red Hat Product Security Team, reports: Qemu emulator built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It occurs when a guest repeatedly tries to activate the vmxnet3 device. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to leak host memory, resulting in DoS 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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