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and subject line Bug#557736: fixed in kvm 88+dfsg-2
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regarding kvm: CVE-2009-4004 buffer overflow
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Package: kvm
Version: 85+dfsg-4.1
Severity: serious
Tags: security
Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for kvm.
CVE-2009-4004[0]:
| Buffer overflow in the kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_setup_mce function in
| arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before
| 2.6.32-rc7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory
| corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE IOCTL
| request that specifies a large number of Machine Check Exception (MCE)
| banks.
If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.
Note that only sid is affected; the vulnerable code is not present in
lenny.
For further information see:
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4004
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4004
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: kvm
Source-Version: 88+dfsg-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
kvm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
kvm-dbg_88+dfsg-2_i386.deb
to main/k/kvm/kvm-dbg_88+dfsg-2_i386.deb
kvm-source_88+dfsg-2_all.deb
to main/k/kvm/kvm-source_88+dfsg-2_all.deb
kvm_88+dfsg-2.diff.gz
to main/k/kvm/kvm_88+dfsg-2.diff.gz
kvm_88+dfsg-2.dsc
to main/k/kvm/kvm_88+dfsg-2.dsc
kvm_88+dfsg-2_i386.deb
to main/k/kvm/kvm_88+dfsg-2_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Guido Günther <[email protected]> (supplier of updated kvm package)
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:17:58 +0100
Source: kvm
Binary: kvm kvm-source kvm-dbg
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 88+dfsg-2
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Jan Lübbe <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Guido Günther <[email protected]>
Description:
kvm - Full virtualization on x86 hardware
kvm-dbg - Debugging info for kvm
kvm-source - Source for the KVM driver
Closes: 553986 557736 557737 557739
Changes:
kvm (88+dfsg-2) experimental; urgency=low
.
* [b2e3840] Make patches gbp-pq/git-am friendly. Drop unused patches.
* [4c9a8a5] Merge patches changing paths and also fix patch in vl.c.
(Closes: #553986)
* [b5b96e3] Fix CVE-2009-4004 (Closes: #557736)
* [1a64955] Fix CVE-2009-2287 (Closes: #557737)
* [a315182] Fix CVE-2009-3640 (Closes: #557737)
* [62a4d2f] Fix CVE-2009-3722 (Closes: #557739)
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