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Posted on 09 May 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3573-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
May 09, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : qemu
CVE ID : CVE-2016-3710 CVE-2016-3712
Debian Bug : 823830
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu, a fast processor
emulator.
CVE-2016-3710
Wei Xiao and Qinghao Tang of 360.cn Inc discovered an out-of-bounds
read and write flaw in the QEMU VGA module. A privileged guest user
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the
privileges of the hosting QEMU process.
CVE-2016-3712
Zuozhi Fzz of Alibaba Inc discovered potential integer overflow
or out-of-bounds read access issues in the QEMU VGA module. A
privileged guest user could use this flaw to mount a denial of
service (QEMU process crash).
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6.
We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
