UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8568

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8568

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8568.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8568

Upstream

CVE-2015-8568

Downstream

USN-2891-1

Related

USN-2891-1

Published

2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:43:30Z

Severity

6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
5.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / qemu

Package

Name: qemu
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5

1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1

1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2

1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3

1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4

1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1

1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2

1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3

1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4

1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu5

1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu7

1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu8

1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu9

1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa1

1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1

1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2

1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu3

1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4

1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5

1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu7

2.*

2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu1

2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu2

2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3

2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.5

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.6

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.7

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.8

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.9

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.10

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.11

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.13

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.14

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.15

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.16

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.17

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.18

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.20

2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-common",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-keymaps",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-kvm",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-aarch64",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-arm",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-common",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-mips",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-misc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-ppc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-sparc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-system-x86",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-user-static",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qemu-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
        }
    ]
}