CVE-2015-4037 — Insecure Temporary File in Qemu

CWE-17CWE-377 — Insecure Temporary FileCWE-835 — Infinite Loop11 documents7 sources
Severity
1.9LOWNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
QemuDebian Qemu
Timeline
PublishedAug 26
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The slirp_smb function in net/slirp.c in QEMU 2.3.0 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (instantiation failure) by creating /tmp/qemu-smb.*-* files before the program.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.3+dfsg-5 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.3+dfsg-5+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.13
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.3.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4xwp-3m3p-vvgr: The slirp_smb function in net/slirp↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2015-4037: The slirp_smb function in net/slirp↗2015-08-26
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2015-06-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
Qemu: usb: Infinite loop vulnerability in usb_ehci using siTD process↗2016-04-18
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Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2015-06-10
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Red Hat
qemu: insecure temporary file use in /net/slirp.c↗2015-05-13
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Debian
CVE-2015-4037: qemu - The slirp_smb function in net/slirp.c in QEMU 2.3.0 and earlier creates temporar...↗2015
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4037 Qemu: usb: Infinite loop vulnerability in usb_ehci using siTD process↗2016-04-08
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Bugzilla
qemu: insecure temporary file use in /net/slirp.c [fedora-all]↗2015-05-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4037 qemu: insecure temporary file use in /net/slirp.c↗2015-05-19
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