[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201602-01 ] QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201602-01

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https://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: February 04, 2016

Bugs: #544328, #549404, #557206, #558416, #559656, #560422,

#560550, #560760, #566792, #567144, #567828, #567868,

#568214, #568226, #568246, #569646, #570110, #570988,

#571562, #571564, #571566

ID: 201602-01

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which

may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service or gain

elevated privileges from a guest VM.

 

Background

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QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 app-emulation/qemu < 2.5.0-r1 >= 2.5.0-r1

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review

the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker might cause a Denial of Service or gain escalated

privileges from a guest VM.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-2.5.0-r1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1779

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1779

[ 2 ] CVE-2015-3456

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3456

[ 3 ] CVE-2015-5225

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5225

[ 4 ] CVE-2015-5278

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5278

[ 5 ] CVE-2015-5279

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5279

[ 6 ] CVE-2015-5745

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5745

[ 7 ] CVE-2015-6815

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6815

[ 8 ] CVE-2015-6855

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6855

[ 9 ] CVE-2015-7295

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7295

[ 10 ] CVE-2015-7504

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7504

[ 11 ] CVE-2015-7512

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7512

[ 12 ] CVE-2015-7549

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7549

[ 13 ] CVE-2015-8345

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8345

[ 14 ] CVE-2015-8504

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8504

[ 15 ] CVE-2015-8556

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8556

[ 16 ] CVE-2015-8558

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8558

[ 17 ] CVE-2015-8567

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8567

[ 18 ] CVE-2015-8568

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8568

[ 19 ] CVE-2015-8666

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8666

[ 20 ] CVE-2015-8701

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8701

[ 21 ] CVE-2015-8743

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8743

[ 22 ] CVE-2015-8744

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8744

[ 23 ] CVE-2015-8745

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8745

[ 24 ] CVE-2016-1568

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1568

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5