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Ubuntu: USN-3978-1 (CVE-2019-5008): QEMU update

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Ubuntu: USN-3978-1 (CVE-2019-5008): QEMU update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/19/2019
Created
05/17/2019
Added
05/15/2019
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

hw/sparc64/sun4u.c in QEMU 3.1.50 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference, which allows the attacker to cause a denial of service via a device driver.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu
  • ubuntu-upgrade-qemu-system-x86

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