CVE-2015-1779

NameCVE-2015-1779
DescriptionThe VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3259-1
Debian Bugs781250

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23fixed
stretch (security)1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19fixed
buster1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8fixed
buster (security)1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12fixed
bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5fixed
trixie1:8.2.1+ds-2fixed
sid1:8.2.2+ds-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourcesqueeze(not affected)
qemusourcewheezy(not affected)
qemusourcejessie1:2.1+dfsg-12DSA-3259-1
qemusource(unstable)1:2.3+dfsg-1781250
qemu-kvmsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Websocket protocol support introduced in v1.4.0-rc0)
[squeeze] - qemu <not-affected> (Websocket protocol support introduced in v1.4.0-rc0)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Websocket protocol support introduced in v1.4.0-rc0)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04894.html
Original patches have problem: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-03/msg04995.html
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=a2bebfd6e09d
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=2cdb5e142fb93

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