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# CVE-2015-5154

Publication date 27 July 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IDE subsystem in QEMU, as used in Xen
4.5.x and earlier, when the container has a CDROM drive enabled, allows
local guest users to execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified
ATAPI commands.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5154?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| qemu | 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.3 |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.15 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| qemu-kvm | 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| xen | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.6 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5154?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This is XSA-138
introduced by http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=ce560dcf

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| qemu | * Upstream:   <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-07/msg05162.html> * Upstream:   <http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=d2ff85854512574e7209f295e87b0835d5b032c6> * Upstream:   <http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=03441c3a4a42beb25460dd11592539030337d0f8> * Upstream:   <http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=cb72cba83021fa42719e73a5249c12096a4d1cfc> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5154)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5154)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5154)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5154)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2692-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2692-1)
+ QEMU vulnerabilities
+ 28 July 2015

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/27/3>
* <http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-138.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5154>