CVE-2015-4037

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4037
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-26 19:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-17 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1152-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: qemu-2.1.3-8.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: QEMU 2.3.0 tmp vulns CVE request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug 1222892 – CVE-2015-4037 qemu: insecure temporary file use in /net/slirp.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: qemu-2.3.0-5.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
QEMU 'net/slirp.c' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - QEMU 2.3.0 tmp vulns CVE request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
QEMU 'net/slirp.c' Predictable Temporary Filenames Let Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3284-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: QEMU 2.3.0 tmp vulns CVE request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3285-1 qemu-kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1519-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1965-1: moderate: Security update for xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2630-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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