vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2015-7512: ELSA-2015-2694: qemu-kvm security update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 8, 2016
Added
May 17, 2016
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large packet.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-guest-agentoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-imgoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvmoracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools
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