SUSE Security Update: Security update for kvm
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0010-1
Rating: important
References: #947164 #950590 #953187 #956829 #957162
Cross-References: CVE-2015-7512 CVE-2015-8345
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three
fixes is now available.
Description:
This update for kvm fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
– CVE-2015-7512: The receive packet size is now checked in the emulated
pcnet driver, eliminating buffer overflow and potential security issue
by malicious guest systems. (bsc#957162)
– CVE-2015-8345: A infinite loop in processing command block list was
fixed that could be exploit by malicious guest systems (bsc#956829).
Other bugs fixed:
– To assist users past the migration incompatibility discussed in
bsc#950590 (restore migration compatibility with SLE11 SP3 and SLE12, at
the unfortunate expense to prior SLE11 SP4 kvm release compatability
when a virtio-net device is used), print a message which references the
support document TID 7017048. See
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017048
– Fix cases of wrong clock values in kvmclock timekeeping (bsc#947164 and
bsc#953187)
– Enforce pxe rom sizes to ensure migration compatibility. (bsc#950590)
– Fix kvm live migration fails between sles11 sp3 and sp4 (bsc#950590)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch slessp4-kvm-12293=1
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch sledsp4-kvm-12293=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.
Package List:
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 s390x x86_64):
kvm-1.4.2-35.1
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
kvm-1.4.2-35.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7512.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8345.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/947164
https://bugzilla.suse.com/950590
https://bugzilla.suse.com/953187
https://bugzilla.suse.com/956829
https://bugzilla.suse.com/957162
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for kvm
______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0020-1
Rating: important
References: #947164 #950590 #953187 #956829 #957162
Cross-References: CVE-2015-7512 CVE-2015-8345
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three
fixes is now available.
Description:
This update for kvm fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
– CVE-2015-7512: The receive packet size is now checked in the emulated
pcnet driver, eliminating buffer overflow and potential security issue
by malicious guest systems. (bsc#957162)
– CVE-2015-8345: A infinite loop in processing command block list was
fixed that could be exploit by malicious guest systems (bsc#956829).
Bugs fixed:
– Fix cases of wrong clock values in kvmclock timekeeping (bsc#947164 and
bsc#953187)
– Enforce pxe rom sizes to ensure migration compatibility. (bsc#950590)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kvm-12294=1
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kvm-12294=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.
Package List:
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 s390x x86_64):
kvm-1.4.2-37.1
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
kvm-1.4.2-37.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7512.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8345.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/947164
https://bugzilla.suse.com/950590
https://bugzilla.suse.com/953187
https://bugzilla.suse.com/956829
https://bugzilla.suse.com/957162
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