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Debian: DSA-2933-1 Critical: Qemu-Kvm Buffer Overflow Threat

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Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu-kvm, a full virtualization solution on x86 hardware
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Summary

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu-kvm, a full
virtualization solution on x86 hardware.

CVE-2013-4344

Buffer overflow in the SCSI implementation in QEMU,
when a SCSI controller has more than 256 attached devices, allows
local users to gain privileges via a small transfer buffer in a
REPORT LUNS command.

CVE-2014-2894

Off-by-one error in the cmd_smart function in the smart self test in
hw/ide/core.c in QEMU allows local users to have
unspecified impact via a SMART EXECUTE OFFLINE command that triggers a buffer underflow and memory corruption.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u3.

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-2013-4344 CVE-2014-2894

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