CVE - CVE-2015-3214

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-3214	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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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MISC:1032598 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032598 MISC:37990 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37990/ MISC:75273 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75273 MISC:DSA-3348 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348 MISC:GLSA-201510-02 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02 MISC:RHSA-2015:1507 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1507.html MISC:RHSA-2015:1508 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1508.html MISC:RHSA-2015:1512 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1512.html MISC:[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 MISC:[qemu-devel] 20150617 Re: [PATCH] i8254: fix out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read() URL:https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg304138.html MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 MISC:http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 URL:http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229640 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229640 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 MISC:https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/qemu URL:https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/qemu MISC:https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/qemu URL:https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/qemu MISC:https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13 URL:https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20150410	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.
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Assigned (20150410)
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