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Red Hat: CVE-2017-14167: Moderate: qemu-kvm security update (RHSA-2017:3368)

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Red Hat: CVE-2017-14167: Moderate: qemu-kvm security update (RHSA-2017:3368)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2017
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

Integer overflow in the load_multiboot function in hw/i386/multiboot.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host via crafted multiboot header address values, which trigger an out-of-bounds write.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-img
  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-common
  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-qemu-kvm-tools

References

  • 100694
  • DSA-3991
  • CVE-2017-14167
  • RHSA-2017:3368
  • RHSA-2017:3369
  • RHSA-2017:3466
  • RHSA-2017:3470
  • RHSA-2017:3471
  • RHSA-2017:3472
  • RHSA-2017:3473
  • RHSA-2017:3474
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