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QEMU VNC Server Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
8.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is running QEMU and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Multiple use-after-free errors occur in 'vnc.c' in VNC server while processing malicious 'SetEncodings' messages sent via VNC client.
Affected Software
Affected Software
QEMU version 0.10.6 and prior on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Apply the available patches from the referenced repositories.