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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-7858: Moderate: qemu-kvm security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-7858: Moderate: qemu-kvm security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/12/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/01/2018
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Quick Emulator (aka QEMU), when built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and QEMU process crash) by leveraging incorrect region calculation when updating VGA display.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-qemu-guest-agent
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-img
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-kvm-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools

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