Qemu pcnet controller heap buffer overflow Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3209)

Qemu pcnet controller heap buffer overflow Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3209)
Qemu pcnet controller heap buffer overflow Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3209)

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Affected Systems:

QEMU

Description:

CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2015-3209

QEMU is an open source simulator software.

The qemu pcnet controller has the heap buffer overflow vulnerability. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code by sending TXSTATUS_STARTPACKET data packets and then sending malformed data packets with TXSTATUS_DEVICEOWNS configured.

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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

QEMU
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/

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