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Ubuntu: USN-2974-1 (CVE-2016-3710): QEMU vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2974-1 (CVE-2016-3710): QEMU vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/12/2016
Modified
06/29/2020

Description

The VGA module in QEMU improperly performs bounds checking on banked access to video memory, which allows local guest OS administrators to execute arbitrary code on the host by changing access modes after setting the bank register, aka the "Dark Portal" issue.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-aarch64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-arm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-mips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-misc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-ppc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-s390x
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-sparc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86

References

  • USN-2974-1
  • DLA-539-1
  • DLA-540-1
  • DLA-571-1
  • DSA-3573
  • CVE-2016-3710

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