NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package qemu (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published23 Aug 2017
- disclosed23 Aug 2017
Introduced: 23 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-12809 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Ubuntu.
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with the IDE disk and CD/DVD-ROM Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by flushing an empty CDROM device drive.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-12809
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3991
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12809
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-08/msg01850.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/21/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100451