CVE-2015-6815

Name	CVE-2015-6815
Description	The process_tx_desc function in hw/net/e1000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 does not properly process transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
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-3361-1, DSA-3362-1
Debian Bugs	798101

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.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
qemu	source	squeeze	(unfixed)	end-of-life
qemu	source	wheezy	1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u11		DSA-3361-1
qemu	source	jessie	1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4		DSA-3361-1
qemu	source	(unstable)	1:2.4+dfsg-2			798101
qemu-kvm	source	squeeze	(unfixed)	end-of-life
qemu-kvm	source	wheezy	1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u11		DSA-3362-1
qemu-kvm	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

[squeeze] - qemu <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
[squeeze] - qemu-kvm <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/04/4
Upstream fix: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg01199.html