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Oracle Linux: CVE-2014-0142: ELSA-2014-0420: qemu-kvm security update (MODERATE)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2014-0142: ELSA-2014-0420: qemu-kvm security update (MODERATE)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/10/2017
Created
10/18/2024
Added
10/16/2024
Modified
10/17/2024

Description

QEMU, possibly before 2.0.0, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero value in the (1) tracks field to the seek_to_sector function in block/parallels.c or (2) extent_size field in the bochs function in block/bochs.c.

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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