Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'qemu' package(s) announced via the DLA-678-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU:
CVE-2016-8576
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB xHCI controller emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing USB command ring in xhci_ring_fetch.
CVE-2016-8577
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the virtio-9p back-end support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while doing a I/O read operation in v9fs_read() routine.
CVE-2016-8578
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the virtio-9p back-end support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference issue. It could occur while doing an I/O vector unmarshalling operation in v9fs_iov_vunmarshal() routine.
CVE-2016-8669
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the 16550A UART emulation support is vulnerable to a divide by zero issue. It could occur while updating serial device parameters in serial_update_parameters.
For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u17.
We recommend that you upgrade your qemu packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]
Affected Software/OS: 'qemu' package(s) on Debian 7.
Solution: Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score: 2.1
CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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