From ${URL} : Quick emulator(Qemu) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds r/w access issues. It could occur while copying VGA data via various bitblt functions. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process resulting in DoS OR potentially execute arbitrary code on a host with privileges of Qemu process on the host. Upstream patches: ----------------- -> http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=026aeffcb4752054830ba203020ed6eb05bcaba8 -> http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=ffaf857778286ca54e3804432a2369a279e73aa7 Reference: ---------- -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/21/1 @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
commit 51d94aaeff0e35fa68711f5623c5e6f68be2fac8 Author: Matthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org> Date: Tue Apr 25 08:32:43 2017 -0500 app-emulation/qemu: security fixes CVE-2017-7471, bug #616484 CVE-2017-7718, bug #616482 already applied on stable-2.8 as 3328c14e63f08fb07e8c6dec779c9d365e9e9864 CVE-2017-7980, bug #616462 already applied on stable-2.8 as a290442234fa214fcb7f45fc91d802bcb8d05c4b 031700e4527b9e05798f7040dccdf638da27aee2 CVE-2017-8086, bug #616460 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.5, Repoman-2.3.2
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201706-03 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 by GLSA coordinator Yury German (BlueKnight).