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Debian: DSA-4733-1 Moderate: QEMU Memory Handling Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2020
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A vulnerability leading to service disruptions due to improper memory management in QEMU has been discovered and successfully fixed. Please update right away!
It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in the SLIRP networking implementation could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code

Summary

It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in the SLIRP networking
implementation could result in denial of service or potentially the
execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u7. In addition this update fixes a regression
caused by the patch for CVE-2020-13754, which could lead to startup
failures in some Xen setups.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.

For the detailed security status of qemu please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/qemu

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/



Package: qemu
CVE ID: CVE-2020-8608

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