CVE-2015-6855

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allows guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IDE commands, as demonstrated by a WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX command to an empty drive, which triggers a divide-by-zero error and instance crash.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-6855
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2015-11-06T21:59:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-12-15T17:05:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-369 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.4.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3362 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00019.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3361 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169036.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168602.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76691 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169327.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169341.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167369.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169039.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/10/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg02479.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 Third Party Advisory
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6855
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6855
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:41:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:07:36 2015-11-06T21:59Z 2015-11-06T21:59:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 07:07:36 2021-12-15T17:05:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 07:07:36 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated