Synopsis: Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:0082-1
Issue Date: 2016-01-28
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-1714
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An out-of-bounds read/write flaw was discovered in the way QEMU’s Firmware
Configuration device emulation processed certain firmware configurations.
A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) guest user could use this flaw to crash the
QEMU process instance or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host
with privileges of the QEMU process. (CVE-2016-1714)
After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once
all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to
take effect.
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SL6
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.x86_64.rpm
i386
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.4.i686.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
