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FreeBSD: VID-8CBD9C08-F8B9-11E6-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2017-2620): xen-tools -- cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo does not check if memory region is safe

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FreeBSD: VID-8CBD9C08-F8B9-11E6-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2017-2620): xen-tools -- cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo does not check if memory region is safe

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/21/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/22/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

Quick emulator (QEMU) before 2.8 built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds access issue. The issue could occur while copying VGA data in cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process OR potentially execute arbitrary code on host with privileges of the QEMU process.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-xen-tools

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