Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Description
The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier and KVM, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and guest crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) FD_CMD_READ_ID, (2) FD_CMD_DRIVE_SPECIFICATION_COMMAND, or other unspecified commands, aka VENOM.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
05/13/2015
Evaluator Description
Though the VENOM vulnerability is also agnostic of the guest operating system, an attacker (or an attacker’s malware) would need to have administrative or root privileges in the guest operating system in order to exploit VENOM
Impact
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
7.7 HIGH
Vector:
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
5.1
Access Vector (AV):
Local_Network
Access Complexity (AC):
Low
Authentication (AU):
Single
Confidentiality (C):
Complete
Integrity (I):
Complete
Availability (A):
Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service
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Change History
18 change records found
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CPE Deprecation Remap -
10/30/2018 12:26:52 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
CPE Configuration |
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
9/21/2017 9:29:12 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032917 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
6/30/2017 9:29:16 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
5/23/2017 9:29:01 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
1/2/2017 10:00:01 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00018.html [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1011.html [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3262 [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032306 [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032311 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
12/30/2016 9:59:29 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37053/ [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
12/23/2016 9:59:12 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
12/21/2016 9:59:49 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201078 [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/2015-05-19-cve-2015-3456-venom-vulnerability [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa95 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
12/7/2016 10:08:41 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10693 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
12/7/2016 1:11:30 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-438937.htm [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by Source -
8/22/2016 10:09:45 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143387998230996&w=2 |
CVE Modified by Source -
6/16/2016 10:03:20 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/venom |
CVE Modified by Source -
1/13/2016 9:59:05 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00042.html |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259 |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2608-1 |
CVE Modified by Source -
7/16/2015 10:02:17 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html |
CVE Modified by Source -
6/3/2015 10:04:42 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158072.html |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00019.html |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00021.html |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143229451215900&w=2 |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3274 |
| Added |
Reference |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74640 |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10118 |
CVE Modified by Source -
5/21/2015 9:59:02 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html |
Modified Analysis -
5/14/2015 11:06:39 PM
| Action |
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Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
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Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
Configuration 2
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:red |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
|
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) |
| Added |
CWE |
|
CWE-119 |
| Added |
Evaluator Description |
|
Though the VENOM vulnerability is also agnostic of the guest operating system, an attacker (or an attacker’s malware) would need to have administrative or root privileges in the guest operating system in order to exploit VENOM |
Initial CVE Analysis -
5/14/2015 3:24:35 PM