Bug 1283926 (CVE-2015-8619) - CVE-2015-8619 Qemu: hmp: stack based OOB write in hmp_sendkey routine
Summary: CVE-2015-8619 Qemu: hmp: stack based OOB write in hmp_sendkey routine
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2015-8619
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1292757 1292758
Blocks: 1283937
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Reported: 2015-11-20 10:05 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-06-01 15:35 UTC (History)
25 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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An out-of-bounds write vulnerability has been found in the QEMU emulator built with Human Monitor Interface(HMP) support. The issue occurs when the 'sendkey' command (in hmp_sendkey) is processed with a 'keyname_len' that is greater than the 'keyname_buf' array size. A user or process could exploit this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance (denial of service).
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:45:41 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2015-11-20 10:05:05 UTC 
Qemu emulator built with the Human Monitor Interface(HMP) support is vulnerable to an OOB write issue. It occurs while processing 'sendkey' command in hmp_sendkey routine, if the command argument is longer than the 'keyname_buf' buffer size.

A user/process could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process instance resulting in DoS.

Upstream fix:
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  -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg02160.html

Reference:
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  -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/1
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2015-12-18 09:49:20 UTC 
Created qemu tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1292757]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1292758]
Comment 4 Prasad Pandit 2015-12-18 09:50:27 UTC 
Statement: 

This issue does not affect the versions of the kvm and xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This issue does not affect the versions of the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 based versions of qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.

This issue does not affect the versions of the qemu-kvm packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

This issue affects the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 based versions of the qemu-kvm-rhev packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.

This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently
planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-02-21 12:58:26 UTC 
qemu-2.4.1-7.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-02-21 16:19:04 UTC 
qemu-2.4.1-7.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2016-02-21 16:25:04 UTC 
qemu-2.4.1-7.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2016-02-25 08:51:26 UTC 
qemu-2.3.1-12.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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