Package : kvm
Vulnerability : denial of service
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-2287
Matt T. Yourst discovered an issue in the kvm subsystem. Local
users with permission to manipulate /dev/kvm can cause a denial
of service (hang) by providing an invalid cr3 value to the
KVM_SET_SREGS call.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed
in version 72+dfsg-5~lenny2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your kvm packages, and rebuild any kernel
modules you have built from a kvm-source package version.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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