| Name | CVE-2015-5745 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the send_control_msg function in hw/char/virtio-serial-bus.c in QEMU before 2.4.0 allows guest users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted virtio control message. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3348-1, DSA-3349-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 795087 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u23 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u17 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u19 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u12 | fixed |
| 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.
Notes
[squeeze] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[squeeze] - qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/06/3
Fixed by: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=7882080388be5088e72c425b02223c02e6cb4295 (v2.4.0-rc3)
Introduced in: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=98b19252cf1bd97c54bc4613f3537c5ec0aae263 (v0.13.0-rc0)
Patch for wheezy needs change since uses iov_from_buf:
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=dcf6f5e15ecee4f593eeacbe0591c1addc004d92
iov_* function changed in http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=2278a69e7020d86a8c73a28474e7709d3e7d5081 (v1.2.0-rc0)