[Secure-testing-team] Bug#852021: qemu: CVE-2017-5525

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.8+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream security patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for qemu.

CVE-2017-5525[0]:
|audio: memory leakage in ac97 device; CVE for the memory consumption
|issue

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-2017-5525
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5525
[1] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=12351a91da97b414eec8cdb09f1d9f41e535a401
[2] https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148475735529649&w=2

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore