| Name | CVE-2015-8817 |
| Description | QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built to use 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection is vulnerable to an OOB r/w access issue. It could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls. Affects QEMU versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance resulting in DoS. |
| 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 |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.1.1+ds-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.4+dfsg-1a | | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - qemu <ignored> (Minor issue; too dangerous backport)
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Affects Qemu versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1)
[squeeze] - qemu <not-affected> (Affects Qemu versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Affects Qemu versions >= 1.6.0 and <= 2.3.1)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=c3c1bb99d1c11978d9ce94d1bdcf0705378c1459 (v2.3.0-rc1)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00060.html
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=23820dbfc79d1c9dce090b4c555994f2bb6a69b3 (v2.4.0-rc0)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-01/msg00065.html