CVE-2015-3214

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3214
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-31 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:48:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Arista Eos 4.12 All All All
Operating System Arista Eos 4.13 All All All
Operating System Arista Eos 4.14 All All All
Operating System Arista Eos 4.15 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Lenovo Emc Px12-400r Ivx All All All All
Operating System Lenovo Emc Px12-450r Ivx All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus 7.1_ppc64 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus 7.2_ppc64 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus 7.3_ppc64 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus 7.4_ppc64 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus 7.5_ppc64 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus 7.6_ppc64 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus 7.7_ppc64 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Scientific Computing 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server From Rhui 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2015-3214 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel - kvm: x86: out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read function MLIST www.openwall.com
Arista - Security Advisory 0013 MISC www.arista.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
QEMU i8254 PIT Emulation Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3348-1 qemu DEBIAN www.debian.org
QEMU - Programmable Interrupt Timer Controller Heap Overflow - Multiple dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Bug 1229640 – CVE-2015-3214 qemu/kvm: i8254: out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read function CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] i8254: fix out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read() MISC www.mail-archive.com
QEMU 'pit_ioport_read()' Function Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] i8254: fix out-of-bounds memory access in pit_ioport_read() MLIST www.mail-archive.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
QEMU i8254 PIT Emulation Bug - Lenovo Support US CONFIRM support.lenovo.com
QEMU i8254 PIT Emulation Bug - Lenovo Support (US) CONFIRM support.lenovo.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM mirror.linux.org.au
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
KVM: PIT: control word is write-only · torvalds/linux@ee73f65 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
QEMU: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201510-02) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
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