SB2014110201 - Information disclosure in QEMU
Published: November 2, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014110201
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3615)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The VGA emulator in QEMU allows local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=ab9509cceabef28071e41bdfa073083859c949a7
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=c1b886c45dc70f247300f549dce9833f3fa2def5
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1669.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1670.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1941.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61829
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200892
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3044
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69654
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2409-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139115