vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-2615: Important: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 10, 2017 | Feb 26, 2017 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 10, 2017
Added
Feb 26, 2017
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
Quick emulator (QEMU) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue. It could occur while copying VGA data via bitblt copy in backward mode. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of QEMU process on the host.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-kmod-kvmcentos-upgrade-kmod-kvm-debugcentos-upgrade-kvmcentos-upgrade-kvm-debuginfocentos-upgrade-kvm-qemu-imgcentos-upgrade-kvm-toolscentos-upgrade-qemu-guest-agentcentos-upgrade-qemu-imgcentos-upgrade-qemu-kvmcentos-upgrade-qemu-kvm-commoncentos-upgrade-qemu-kvm-debuginfocentos-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools
References
Rapid7 Labs
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