| Name | CVE-2015-8556 |
| Description | Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:9.2.0+ds-2 | fixed |
| sid | 1:9.2.0+ds-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- qemu <not-affected> (Issue specific to virtfs-proxy-helper in Gentoo installed suid)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/5