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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-4037

low Nessus Plugin ID 218863

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The 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. (CVE-2015-4037)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4037

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 218863

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_4037.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4037

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-rhev, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:5::el6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-rhev, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kvm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4037