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Ubuntu: USN-2608-1 (CVE-2015-1779): QEMU vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Jan 12, 2016

Added

Nov 8, 2024

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-kvmubuntu-upgrade-qemu-systemubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-armubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-mipsubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-miscubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-ppcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-sparcubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86

References

CVE-2015-1779
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-1779
CWE-400
DEBIAN-DSA-3259
EUVD-EUVD-2015-1906
UBUNTU-USN-2608-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-1906

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