Description
hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169624.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169767.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169802.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/18/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169624.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169767.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169802.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/18/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 9, 2015
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified