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ELSA-2015-0349 Important: Oracle Linux qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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ELSA-2015-0349 Important: Oracle Linux qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/12/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/13/2015
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

The host_from_stream_offset function in arch_init.c in QEMU, when loading RAM during migration, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) offset or (2) length value in savevm data.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcacard
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcacard-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcacard-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-img
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools

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