Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-008 - Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in VNC server of qemu version 0.9.1 and earlier, which could lead to denial-of-service attacks. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:008
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : qemu
Date : January 14, 2009
Affected: 2009.0
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Problem Description:
Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in
VNC server of qemu version 0.9.1 and earlier, which could lead to
denial-of-service attacks (CVE-2008-2382), and make it easier for
remote crackers to guess the VNC password (CVE-2008-5714).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2382
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5714
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
502c50a55fdb3e3e8ab0456be79a08b1 2009.0/i586/dkms-kqemu-1.4.0-0.pre1.0.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
bf48619b2f7cb0275d379682a4795dc1 2009.0/i586/qemu-0.9.1-0.r5137.1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
4fb74c4d8356442ccd9c6ddd063f4191 2009.0/i586/qemu-img-0.9.1-0.r5137.1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
5a32fdf2019085e4c3d386bad34b1900 2009.0/SRPMS/qemu-0.9.1-0.r5137.1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
99f7c6b4de73bcab46664c90ae6edc50 2009.0/x86_64/dkms-kqemu-1.4.0-0.pre1.0.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
a22b95b6a4673f1300742b4777c4149b 2009.0/x86_64/qemu-0.9.1-0.r5137.1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
502371419a98b187c9db90e4217242de 2009.0/x86_64/qemu-img-0.9.1-0.r5137.1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
5a32fdf2019085e4c3d386bad34b1900 2009.0/SRPMS/qemu-0.9.1-0.r5137.1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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