CVE - CVE-2015-3214

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-3214	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
The pit_ioport_read in i8254.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 and QEMU before 2.3.1 does not distinguish between read lengths and write lengths, which might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by triggering use of an invalid index.
References
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EXPLOIT-DB:37990 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37990/ MLIST:[oss-security] 20150625 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel - kvm: x86: out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read function URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/7 MLIST:[qemu-devel] 20150617 Re: [PATCH] i8254: fix out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read() URL:https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg304138.html CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 CONFIRM:http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229640 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 CONFIRM:https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/qemu CONFIRM:https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/qemu GENTOO:GLSA-201510-02 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02 REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1507 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1507.html REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1508 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1508.html REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1512 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1512.html BID:75273 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75273 SECTRACK:1032598 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032598
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20150410	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20150410)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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CVE-2015-3214