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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2608-1 (qemu - buffer overflow)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
It was discovered that the e1000 emulation code in QEMU does not enforce frame size limits in the same way as the real hardware does. This could trigger buffer overflows in the guest operating system driver for that network card, assuming that the host system does not discard such frames (which it will by default).
Affected Software
Affected Software
qemu on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.5+dfsg-3squeeze3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-4. We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.