CVE - CVE-2015-8568

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8568	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.
References
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MISC:79721 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721 MISC:DSA-3471 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 MISC:GLSA-201602-01 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 MISC:[oss-security] 20151215 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: vmxnet3: host memory leakage URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10 MISC:[qemu-devel] 20151215 Re: [Qemu-devel] net: vmxnet3: memory leakage issue URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20151215	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20151215)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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