SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0459-1
Rating: important
References: #954864 #956829 #957162
Cross-References: CVE-2015-7512 CVE-2015-8345
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one
errata is now available.
Description:
This update fixes the following security issues:
– Enforce receive packet size, thus eliminating buffer overflow and
potential security issue. (bsc#957162 CVE-2015-7512)
– Infinite loop in processing command block list. CVE-2015-8345
(bsc#956829):
This update also fixes a non-security bug:
– Due to space restrictions in limited bios data areas, don’t create
mptable if vcpu count is “high” (ie more than ~19). (bsc#954864) (No
supported guests are negatively impacted by this change, which is taken
from upstream seabios)
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 12-SP1:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-263=1
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-263=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.
Package List:
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
qemu-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-block-curl-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-debugsource-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-guest-agent-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-lang-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-tools-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.7
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x x86_64):
qemu-kvm-2.3.1-7.7
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le):
qemu-ppc-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-ppc-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.7
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (x86_64):
qemu-block-rbd-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-x86-2.3.1-7.7
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):
qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-7.7
qemu-seabios-1.8.1-7.7
qemu-sgabios-8-7.7
qemu-vgabios-1.8.1-7.7
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x):
qemu-s390-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-s390-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.7
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
qemu-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-block-curl-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-debugsource-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-kvm-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-tools-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.3.1-7.7
qemu-x86-2.3.1-7.7
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):
qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-7.7
qemu-seabios-1.8.1-7.7
qemu-sgabios-8-7.7
qemu-vgabios-1.8.1-7.7
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/954864
https://bugzilla.suse.com/956829
https://bugzilla.suse.com/957162
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