CVE-2017-5578

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3268-1

Posted Apr 25, 2017

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

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.

tags | advisory, denial of service

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2016-10028, CVE-2016-8667, CVE-2016-9602, CVE-2016-9603, CVE-2016-9908, CVE-2016-9912, CVE-2016-9914, CVE-2017-5552, CVE-2017-5578, CVE-2017-5987, CVE-2017-6505

SHA-256 | 55219cd93a67e26cc2c98285217c82a6a4c4a415f32a2bc50c406be0dfd12705

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201702-28

Posted Feb 21, 2017

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo 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.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, vulnerability

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2016-10155, CVE-2017-2615, CVE-2017-5525, CVE-2017-5552, CVE-2017-5578, CVE-2017-5579, CVE-2017-5667, CVE-2017-5856, CVE-2017-5857, CVE-2017-5898, CVE-2017-5931

SHA-256 | 7af90bcaed3c604318a875533fd7aec77d64ef7b76416524359c4bd9e5cfc0b3

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