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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1128-1 qemu-kvm -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

08 Oct 2017

Affected Packages:

qemu-kvm

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-14167, CVE-2017-15038.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu-kvm, a full virtualization solution for Linux hosts on x86 hardware with x86 guests based on the Quick Emulator(Qemu).

• CVE-2017-14167

  Incorrect validation of multiboot headers could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

• CVE-2017-15038

  When using 9pfs qemu-kvm is vulnerable to an information disclosure issue. It could occur while accessing extended attributes of a file due to a race condition. This could be used to disclose heap memory contents of the host.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u24.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu-kvm packages.

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