-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2282-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff July 25, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : qemu-kvm Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2011-2212 CVE-2011-2527 Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in KVM, a solution for full virtualization on x86 hardware: CVE-2011-2212 Nelson Elhage discovered a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem, which could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation. CVE-2011-2527 Andrew Griffiths discovered that group privileges were insufficiently dropped when started with -runas option, resulting in privilege escalation. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze6. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.14.1+dfsg-3. We recommend that you upgrade your qemu-kvm packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-2282-1: qemu-kvm security update
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in KVM, a solution for full virtualization on x86 hardware: CVE-2011-2212
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