Debian: DSA-2404-1: xen-qemu-dm-4.0 security update
Debian: DSA-2404-1: xen-qemu-dm-4.0 security update
Nicolae Mogoraenu discovered a heap overflow in the emulated e1000e network interface card of QEMU, which is used in the xen-qemu-dm-4.0 packages. This vulnerability might enable to malicious guest systems to crash the host system or escalate their privileges.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2404-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer February 05, 2012 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xen-qemu-dm-4.0 Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2012-0029 Nicolae Mogoraenu discovered a heap overflow in the emulated e1000e network interface card of QEMU, which is used in the xen-qemu-dm-4.0 packages. This vulnerability might enable to malicious guest systems to crash the host system or escalate their privileges. The old stable distribution (lenny) does not contain the xen-qemu-dm-4.0 package. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.1-2+squeeze1. The testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid) will be fixed soon. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.