Security update for qemu

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:4086-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-16847 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2018-16847 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Server Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-16847: Fixed an out of bounds r/w buffer access in cmb operations (bsc#1114529).

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Fixed serial console issue in SLES 12 SP2 that triggered a qemu-kvm bug (bsc#1108474).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2913=1
  • Server Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2018-2913=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • qemu-tools-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-debugsource-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
  • Server Applications Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • qemu-block-rbd-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-block-iscsi-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-debugsource-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-guest-agent-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-lang-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-block-curl-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-block-ssh-2.11.2-9.17.1
  • Server Applications Module 15 (aarch64)
    • qemu-arm-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-arm-2.11.2-9.17.1
  • Server Applications Module 15 (noarch)
    • qemu-ipxe-1.0.0+-9.17.1
    • qemu-vgabios-1.11.0-9.17.1
    • qemu-seabios-1.11.0-9.17.1
    • qemu-sgabios-8-9.17.1
  • Server Applications Module 15 (ppc64le)
    • qemu-ppc-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-ppc-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
  • Server Applications Module 15 (s390x x86_64)
    • qemu-kvm-2.11.2-9.17.1
  • Server Applications Module 15 (s390x)
    • qemu-s390-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-s390-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1
  • Server Applications Module 15 (x86_64)
    • qemu-x86-2.11.2-9.17.1
    • qemu-x86-debuginfo-2.11.2-9.17.1

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