Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2144-1 qemu -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
16 Mar 2020
Affected Packages:
qemu
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-1711, CVE-2020-8608.
More information:

Two out-of-bounds heap buffer accesses were found in QEMU, a fast processor emulator, which could result in denial of service or abitrary code execution.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u14.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS