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CVE-2015-5278 Qemu: net: avoid infinite loop when receiving packets
From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:50:11 +0530 (IST)
Hello,Qemu emulator built with the NE2000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur when receiving packets over the network.
A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS.
Upstream fix: ------------- -> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html Thank you. -- Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team 47AF CE69 3A90 54AA 9045 1053 DD13 3D32 FE5B 041F
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