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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-3616

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-3616

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/23/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kvm
  • suse-upgrade-kvm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kvm-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-kvm-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-qemu

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