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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: USN-6977-1 Critical: QEMU Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Fedora 38 LTS QEMU security patch addresses multiple vulnerabilities and refreshes essential software components. Discover more details here.
Several security issues were fixed in QEMU.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in QEMU.

Software Description:

- qemu: Machine emulator and virtualizer

Details:

It was discovered that QEMU did not properly handle certain memory

operations, which could result in a buffer overflow. An attacker could

potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-26327)

It was discovered that QEMU did not properly handle certain memory

operations, which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. An

attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2024-26328)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu qemu

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   qemu-system                     1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
   qemu-system-arm                 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
   qemu-system-mips                1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
   qemu-system-misc                1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
   qemu-system-ppc                 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
   qemu-system-s390x               1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
   qemu-system-sparc               1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2
   qemu-system-x86                 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2

After a standard system update you need to restart all QEMU virtual
machines to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6977-1

CVE-2024-26327, CVE-2024-26328

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6977-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu qemu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.2

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