SUSE-SU-2015:0349-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0349-1

    Published: 10 Feb 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for qemu

    Details: QEMU was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2014-8106: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA emulator (hw/display/cirrus_vga.c) in QEMU allowed local guest users to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to blit regions. CVE-2014-7840: The host_from_stream_offset function in arch_init.c in QEMU, when loading RAM during migration, allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) offset or (2) length value in savevm data. Also a bug was fixed where qemu-img convert could occasionaly corrupt images. (bsc#908380)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150349-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/905097, https://bugzilla.suse.com/907805, https://bugzilla.suse.com/908380, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7840, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8106

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.2-42.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High