hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allows guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IDE commands, as demonstrated by a WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX command to an empty drive, which triggers a divide-by-zero error and instance crash.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3361-1 qemu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3362-1 qemu-kvm security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-6791 hw/ide/core.c in QEMU does not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allows guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IDE commands, as demonstrated by a WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX command to an empty drive, which triggers a divide-by-zero error and instance crash.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2745-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:36:34.777Z

Reserved: 2015-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6855

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-11-06T21:59:07.780

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-6855

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-09-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-6855 - Bugzilla

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