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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71591
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1522-1 (qemu-kvm)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to qemu-kvm
announced via advisory USN-1522-1.

Details:

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled temporary files when
creating a snapshot. A local attacker could use this flaw to possibly
overwrite files with root privilege, or obtain sensitive information from
the guest.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.4

Ubuntu 11.04:
qemu-kvm 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.6

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.19

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1522-1

CVSS Score:
4.4

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2652
50132
http://secunia.com/advisories/50132
50689
http://secunia.com/advisories/50689
53725
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53725
DSA-2545
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545
SUSE-SU-2012:1202
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html
USN-1522-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1522-1
http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eba25057b9a5e19d10ace2bc7716667a31297169
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
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