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CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue
From: P J P <ppandit () redhat com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 01:03:17 +0530 (IST)
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: ------------- -> http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f9a70e79391f6d7c2a912d785239ee8effc1922d Thank you. -- Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team 47AF CE69 3A90 54AA 9045 1053 DD13 3D32 FE5B 041F
Current thread:
- CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue P J P (Sep 02)
- Re: CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue Kurt Seifried (Sep 02)
- Re: CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue Julien Cristau (Sep 02)
- Re: CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue P J P (Sep 02)
- Re: CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue Julien Cristau (Sep 02)
- Re: CVE-2015-5239 Qemu: vnc infinite loop issue Kurt Seifried (Sep 02)