UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8568

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8568

    Published: 16 Dec 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8568
    Aliases:
    USN-2891-1

    Summary:

    Details: Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8568, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2891-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8568

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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