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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70056
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2282-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'qemu-kvm' package(s) announced via the DSA-2282-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'qemu-kvm' package(s) announced via the DSA-2282-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in KVM, a solution for full virtualization on x86 hardware:

CVE-2011-2212

Nelson Elhage discovered a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem, which could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation.

CVE-2011-2527

Andrew Griffiths discovered that group privileges were insufficiently dropped when started with -runas option, resulting in privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.14.1+dfsg-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your qemu-kvm packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'qemu-kvm' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.4

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2212
45158
http://secunia.com/advisories/45158
45170
http://secunia.com/advisories/45170
45187
http://secunia.com/advisories/45187
45188
http://secunia.com/advisories/45188
45301
http://secunia.com/advisories/45301
45354
http://secunia.com/advisories/45354
74751
http://www.osvdb.org/74751
DSA-2282
https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2282
RHSA-2011:0919
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0919.html
SUSE-SU-2011:0806
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9605323
USN-1165-1
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1165-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713589
openSUSE-SU-2011:0803
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00007.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2527
45419
http://secunia.com/advisories/45419
47157
http://secunia.com/advisories/47157
47992
http://secunia.com/advisories/47992
48659
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48659
74752
http://www.osvdb.org/74752
FEDORA-2012-8604
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
RHSA-2011:1531
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1531.html
USN-1177-1
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1177-1
[oss-security] 20110712 CVE Request: qemu -runas does not clear supplementary groups
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/12/5
[oss-security] 20110712 Re: CVE Request: qemu -runas does not clear supplementary groups
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/12/15
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/807893
openSUSE-SU-2012:0207
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
qemu-runas-priv-escalation(68539)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68539
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