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CVE request Qemu: out of bounds buffer access, guest triggerable via IDE SMART


From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:20:49 +0530 (IST)

   Hello,

An out of bounds memory access flaw was found in Qemu's IDE device model. It leads to Qemu's memory corruption via buffer overwrite(4 bytes). It occurs while executing IDE SMART commands.

A guest's user could use this flaw to corrupt Qemu process's memory on the host.

Upstream fix:
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  -> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-04/msg02016.html

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Security Response Team


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