SB2015040303 - Fedora 22 update for qemu
Published: April 3, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015040303
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1779)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to a crash the entire system.
The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large (1) websocket payload or (2) HTTP headers section.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.