NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.35
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EPSS
0.06% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-428381
- published 16 Jun 2017
- disclosed 16 Jun 2017
Introduced: 16 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-9503 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.35 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.
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving megasas command processing.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9503
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9503
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00020.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-06/msg01309.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-06/msg01313.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459477
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99010
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