USN-863-1: QEMU vulnerability
Publication date
3 December 2009
Overview
QEMU vulnerability
Releases
Packages
- qemu-kvm -
Details
It was discovered that QEMU did not properly setup the virtio networking
features available to its guests. A remote attacker could exploit this to
crash QEMU guests which use virtio networking on Linux kernels earlier
than 2.6.26.
It was discovered that QEMU did not properly setup the virtio networking
features available to its guests. A remote attacker could exploit this to
crash QEMU guests which use virtio networking on Linux kernels earlier
than 2.6.26.
Update instructions
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any QEMU guests to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.10 karmic | qemu-kvm – 0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3 | ||
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