Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-427282
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 27 Jul 2018
How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
An out-of-bounds memory access issue was found in Quick Emulator (QEMU) before 1.7.2 in the VNC display driver. This flaw could occur while refreshing the VNC display surface area in the 'vnc_refresh_server_surface'. A user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-2633
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=9f64916da20eea67121d544698676295bbb105a7
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=bea60dd7679364493a0d7f5b54316c767cf894ef
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2633
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/23/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2633
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1205
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1206
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1441
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1856
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96417
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9f64916da20eea67121d544698676295bbb105a7
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bea60dd7679364493a0d7f5b54316c767cf894ef