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Debian: CVE-2017-7377: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-7377: qemu, qemu-kvm -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/30/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

The (1) v9fs_create and (2) v9fs_lcreate functions in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor or memory consumption) via vectors related to an already in-use fid.

Solution(s)

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

References

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