Debian: DSA-3087-1 Critical: QEMU Privilege Escalation Alert
debian
December 4, 2014
Paolo Bonzini of Red Hat discovered that the blit region checks were insufficient in the Cirrus VGA emulator in qemu, a fast processor emulator
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Summary
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.2+dfsg-6a+deb7u6.
We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.
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/
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Package: qemu
CVE ID: CVE-2014-8106
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