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CVE-2015-3456
The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, as used in...
Vulnerability Description
The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier and KVM, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and guest crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) FD_CMD_READ_ID, (2) FD_CMD_DRIVE_SPECIFICATION_COMMAND, or other unspecified commands, aka VENOM.
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://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37053/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032306
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00009.html
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0999.html
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10118
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201078
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-133.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00013.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032917
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143387998230996&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0998.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00014.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158072.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa95
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1004.html
- http://venom.crowdstrike.com/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1011.html
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/venom
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00019.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e907746266721f305d67bc0718795fedee2e824c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1
- https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/05/13/venom-dont-get-bitten/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00001.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10693
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032311
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2
- http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-438937.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3262
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00021.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74640
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3274
- http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/2015-05-19-cve-2015-3456-venom-vulnerability
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1444903
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1000.html
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1128-security-advisory-10
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 5, 4.5.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 13th, 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.