Security update for kvm
Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2018:0019-1 |
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Rating: | important |
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description:
This update for kvm fixes the following issues:
Also a mitigation for a security flaw has been applied:
- CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032)
Security fixes have been applied:
- CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc infrastructure (bsc#1026612)
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-kvm-13393=1
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SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-kvm-13393=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586)
- kvm-1.4.2-60.6.1
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SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (x86_64)
- kvm-1.4.2-60.6.1