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Debian: CVE-2017-11334: qemu -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-11334: qemu -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

The address_space_write_continue function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and guest instance crash) by leveraging use of qemu_map_ram_ptr to access guest ram block area.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qemu

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