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Message-ID: <nycvar.YSQ.7.76.1801152331280.28933@wniryva>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:34:52 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: jiangxin1@...wei.com
Subject: CVE-2018-5683 Qemu: Out-of-bounds read in vga_draw_text routine
Hello,
Quick Emulator(QEMU) built with the VGA emulator support is vulnerable to an
out-of-bounds access issue in vga_draw_text. It could occur while updating vga
display area.
A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process
resulting in DoS.
Upstream patch:
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-> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg02131.html
This issue was reported by Jiang Xin of Huawei.com.
Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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