Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu package, versions <2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3
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5.88% (94th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-428452
- published 4 Nov 2014
- disclosed 4 Nov 2014
Introduced: 4 Nov 2014
CVE-2014-3461 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 qemu to version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3 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.
hw/usb/bus.c in QEMU 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted savevm data, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to "USB post load checks."
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-3461
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3461
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134053.html
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/272092
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0674
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0743
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0744
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0888
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0927
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1268
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3461
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096821
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