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Gentoo: GLSA-201408-17 High Severity: QEMU Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey August 30, 2014
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QEMU contains multiple security flaws that allow local intruders to execute arbitrary commands and may lead to a denial of service situation.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, worst of which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution DoS threat QEMU

Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-2.0.0-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4544 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4544 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0142 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0142 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-0143 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0143 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-0144 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0144 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-0145 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0145 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-0146 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0146 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-0147 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0147 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-0150 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0150 [ 9 ] CVE-2014-0222 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0222 [ 10 ] CVE-2014-0223 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0223 [ 11 ] CVE-2014-2894 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2894 [ 12 ] CVE-2014-3461 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3461

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-17
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 30, 2014
Bugs: #505946, #507692, #507790, #507796, #510208, #510234
ID: 201408-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution DoS threat QEMU

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, worst of which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/qemu < 2.0.0-r1 >= 2.0.0-r1

Impact

===== A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.