[Secure-testing-team] Bug#884806: qemu: CVE-2017-15124: memory exhaustion through framebuffer update request message in VNC server

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.10.0+dfsg-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for qemu.

CVE-2017-15124[0]:
memory exhaustion through framebuffer update request message in VNC server

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-2017-15124
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15124
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1525195
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/4

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore