Security update for kvm

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1426-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

kvm was updated to fix two security issues.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  • CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344).
  • CVE-2015-3209: Fix buffer overflow in pcnet emulation (bsc#932770).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
    zypper in -t patch slessp2-kvm-12041=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (x86_64 i586)
    • kvm-0.15.1-0.32.2

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