Synopsis: Moderate: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:2585-2
Issue Date: 2016-11-03
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-1981
CVE-2016-3712
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Security Fix(es):
* An integer overflow flaw and an out-of-bounds read flaw were found in
the way QEMU’s VGA emulator set certain VGA registers while in VBE mode. A
privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process
instance. (CVE-2016-3712)
* An infinite loop flaw was found in the way QEMU’s e1000 NIC emulation
implementation processed data using transmit or receive descriptors under
certain conditions. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw
to crash the QEMU instance. (CVE-2016-1981)
Additional Changes:
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SL7
x86_64
qemu-img-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-126.el7.x86_64.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
