Package: kvm
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for kvm.


CVE-2008-2004[0]:
| The drive_init function in QEMU 0.9.1 determines the format of a raw
| disk image based on the header, which allows local guest users to read
| arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a
| different format, which is used when the guest is restarted.

Patch: http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=4277

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2004
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-2004

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