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[USN-1590-1] QEMU vulnerability

2012-10-0400:00:00
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1590-1
October 02, 2012

qemu-kvm vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 11.10
  • Ubuntu 11.04
  • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

QEMU could be made to crash or run programs.

Software Description:

  • qemu-kvm: Machine emulator and virtualizer

Details:

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled certain VT100 escape
sequences. A guest user with access to an emulated character device could
use this flaw to cause QEMU to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code on
the host.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.2

Ubuntu 11.10:
qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.5

Ubuntu 11.04:
qemu-kvm 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.7

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.20

After a standard system update you need to restart your virtual machines to
make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1590-1
CVE-2012-3515

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.20

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