Security update for qemu

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2278-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-12155 ( SUSE ): 3.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-12155 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-13164 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2019-13164 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-13164 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-14378 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-14378 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-14378: Security fix for heap overflow in ip_reass on big packet input (bsc#1143794).
  • CVE-2019-12155: Security fix for null pointer dereference while releasing spice resources (bsc#1135902).
  • CVE-2019-13164: Security fix for qemu-bridge-helper ACL can be bypassed when names are too long (bsc#1140402).

Bug fixes:

  • Provide qcow2 L2 caching improvements, which allows for better storage performance in certain configurations (bsc#1139926, ECO-130).
  • Fix setting speed of migration while vm uses hugepages (bsc#1127077).

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 CaaS Platform 3.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64)
    • qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.41.1
    • qemu-guest-agent-2.9.1-6.41.1
    • qemu-debugsource-2.9.1-6.41.1

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