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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2011.0767
qemu-kvm security update
26 July 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: qemu-kvm
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2011-2527 CVE-2011-2212
Reference: ESB-2011.0739
ESB-2011.0699
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2282
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2282-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
July 25, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : qemu-kvm
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-2212 CVE-2011-2527
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in KVM, a solution for full
virtualization on x86 hardware:
CVE-2011-2212
Nelson Elhage discovered a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem,
which could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation.
CVE-2011-2527
Andrew Griffiths discovered that group privileges were
insufficiently dropped when started with -runas option, resulting
in privilege escalation.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze6.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.14.1+dfsg-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your qemu-kvm packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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