[Secure-testing-team] Bug#769451: qemu: CVE-2014-7840: insufficient parameter validation during ram load

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: qemu
Version: 1.1.2+dfsg-6a
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi Debian QEMU team,

the following vulnerability was published for qemu, choosed important
severity but actually might be downgraded to normal.

CVE-2014-7840[0]:
insufficient parameter validation during ram load

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7840
[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/306117

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore