Ubuntu Security Notice 3268-1 - Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the JAZZ RC4030 device. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Jann Horn discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VirtFS directory sharing. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to access files on the host file system outside of the shared directory and possibly escalate their privileges. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. Various other issues were also addressed.
55219cd93a67e26cc2c98285217c82a6a4c4a415f32a2bc50c406be0dfd12705Ubuntu Security Notice 3261-1 - Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio GPU device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the 6300esb watchdog. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
59e4c93cf0110c0dfbf04c8437a5671ce02bce5e5d84b925280c13d41fc38a3bGentoo Linux Security Advisory 201702-28 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the host system. Versions less than 2.8.0-r1 are affected.
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