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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 01:03:17 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: lianyihan@....cn
Subject: CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue
Hello,
Qemu emulator built with the VNC display driver is vulnerable to an infinite
loop issue. It could occur while processing a CLIENT_CUT_TEXT message with
specially crafted payload message.
A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process on the
host, resulting in DoS.
Upstream fix:
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-> http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f9a70e79391f6d7c2a912d785239ee8effc1922d
Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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