Source: qemu Version: 1.1.2+dfsg-6a Severity: important Tags: security upstream patch
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for qemu. CVE-2015-5279[0]: add checks to validate ring buffer pointers > Qemu emulator built with the NE2000 NIC emulation support is > vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow issue. It could occur when > receiving packets over the network. > > A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu > instance or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5279 [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256672 [2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03984.html Regards, Salvatore _______________________________________________ Secure-testing-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/secure-testing-team
