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ELSA-2012-0149 Moderate: Oracle Linux kvm security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2012-0149 Moderate: Oracle Linux kvm security and bug fix update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

01/27/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

03/23/2012

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm 0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted legacy mode packets.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kmod-kvm
oracle-linux-upgrade-kmod-kvm-debug
oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm
oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm-qemu-img
oracle-linux-upgrade-kvm-tools

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2011-4347
51172
51642
CVE - 2011-4347
CVE - 2011-4622
CVE - 2012-0029
RHSA-2012:0050
RHSA-2012:0051
RHSA-2012:0370
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-March/002648.html
72656

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