• [SECURITY] [DSA 2270-1] qemu-kvm security update

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Fri Jul 1 23:10:01 2011
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2270-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
    July 01, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : qemu-kvm
    Vulnerability : programming error
    Problem type : local
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2011-2512
    Debian Bug : 631975

    It was discovered that incorrect sanitising of virtio queue commands in
    KVM, a solution for full virtualization on x86 hardware, could lead to
    denial of service of the execution of arbitrary code.


    The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.

    For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze4.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
    version 0.14.1+dfsg-2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your qemu-kvm packages.

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]
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