full-disclosure - Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 2607-1] qemu-kvm security update

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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:49:59 -0500
From: jason <sword23@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 2607-1] qemu-kvm security
	update

Could this be exploitable from within the guest vm?  Eg could I execute
commands on the hypervisor host as root by generating a malicious packet to
attack the e1000 driver from within the guest?



On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de> wrote:

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> Debian Security Advisory DSA-2607-1                   security@...ian.org
> http://www.debian.org/security/                            Florian Weimer
> January 15, 2013                       http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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>
> Package        : qemu-kvm
> Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
> Problem type   : remote
> Debian-specific: no
> CVE ID         : CVE-2012-6075
> Debian Bug     : 696051
>
> 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).
>
> For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
> version 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze10.
>
> For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
> version 1.1.2+dfsg-4.
>
> 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@...ts.debian.org
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