SB2015060602 - Fedora 22 update for qemu
Published: June 6, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015060602
Severity
Low
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4037)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The slirp_smb function in net/slirp.c in QEMU 2.3.0 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (instantiation failure) by creating /tmp/qemu-smb.*-* files before the program.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.