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Debian DSA-3574-1 Critical: QEMU Buffer Overflow and DoS

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2016
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Fedora has patched kernel vulnerabilities to address various critical security risks, including buffer overflows and memory corruption that could compromise system integrity.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu, a fast processor emulator
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Summary

CVE-2016-3710

Wei Xiao and Qinghao Tang of 360.cn Inc discovered an out-of-bounds
read and write flaw in the QEMU VGA module. A privileged guest user
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the
privileges of the hosting QEMU process.

CVE-2016-3712

Zuozhi Fzz of Alibaba Inc discovered potential integer overflow
or out-of-bounds read access issues in the QEMU VGA module. A
privileged guest user could use this flaw to mount a denial of
service (QEMU process crash).

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6.

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-2016-3710 CVE-2016-3712

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