Debian Security Advisory DSA 2282-1 (qemu-kvm)

The remote host is missing an update to qemu-kvm announced via advisory DSA 2282-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb22821.nasl 6613 2017-07-07 12:08:40Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2282-1 qemu-kvm Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2011 E-Soft Inc...

Debian DSA-2282-1 : qemu-kvm - several vulnerabilities

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in KVM, a solution for full virtualization on x86 hardware : - CVE-2011-2212 Nelson Elhage discovered a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem, which could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation. - CVE-2011-2527 Andrew Griffiths discovered that...