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Oracle Linux: CVE-2014-0144: ELSA-2014-0420: qemu-kvm security update (MODERATE)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2014-0144: ELSA-2014-0420: qemu-kvm security update (MODERATE)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/11/2020
Created
10/18/2024
Added
10/16/2024
Modified
10/17/2024

Description

QEMU before 2.0.0 block drivers for CLOOP, QCOW2 version 2 and various other image formats are vulnerable to potential memory corruptions, integer/buffer overflows or crash caused by missing input validations which could allow a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the QEMU process.

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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