Resource Management Errors Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.3+dfsg-1
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- published 21 Apr 2015
- disclosed 21 Apr 2015
Introduced: 21 Apr 2015
CVE-2014-9718 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
qemu
to version 1:2.3+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu
package and not the qemu
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
The (1) BMDMA and (2) AHCI HBA interfaces in the IDE functionality in QEMU 1.0 through 2.1.3 have multiple interpretations of a function's return value, which allows guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service (memory consumption or infinite loop, and system crash) via a PRDT with zero complete sectors, related to the bmdma_prepare_buf and ahci_dma_prepare_buf functions.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9718
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3259
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=3251bdcf1c67427d964517053c3d185b46e618e8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/20/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73316
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9718
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3251bdcf1c67427d964517053c3d185b46e618e8