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Debian: CVE-2016-9921: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-9921: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Quick emulator (Qemu) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support is vulnerable to a divide by zero issue. It could occur while copying VGA data when cirrus graphics mode was set to be VGA. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process instance on the host, resulting in DoS.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu
  • debian-upgrade-qemu-kvm

References

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