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Medium
CVE-2015-3214
The pit_ioport_read in i8254.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/qemu
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229640
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/qemu
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37990/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-02
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3348
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1508.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1507.html
- http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1512.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032598
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75273
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/7
- https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg304138.html
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1180-security-advisory-13
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 7.0, 8.0, 5.0, 6.0, 3.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.1_ppc64, 7.2_ppc64, 7.3_ppc64, 7.4_ppc64, 7.5_ppc64, 7.6_ppc64, 7.7_ppc64
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 31st, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.