ELSA-2012-1234 Important: Oracle Linux qemu-kvm security update
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
09/05/2012
07/25/2018
09/05/2012
04/11/2019
Description
Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other products, when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend, allows local OS guest users to gain privileges via a crafted escape VT100 sequence that triggers the overwrite of a "device model's address space."
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-guest-agent
- oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-img
- oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm
- oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools
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