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Debian DSA-2910-1 Critical: Qemu-KVM Buffer Overflow Exploit

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Calendar Grey April 18, 2014
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Update the qemu-kvm package on Debian to resolve a buffer overflow issue that could potentially allow unauthorized code execution.
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Summary

A privileged guest user could use this flaw to corrupt qemu process
memory on the host, which could potentially result in arbitrary code
execution on the host with the privileges of the qemu process.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze11.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u1.

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/



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Package: qemu-kvm
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0150

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