vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-6815: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 4, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

The process_tx_desc function in hw/net/e1000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 does not properly process transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and guest crash) via unspecified vectors.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu
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