[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201210-04 ] qemu-kvm: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201210-04

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: High

Title: qemu-kvm: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: October 18, 2012

Bugs: #364889, #365259, #372411, #373997, #400595, #430456

ID: 201210-04

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in qemu-kvm, allowing attackers to

execute arbitrary code.

 

Background

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qemu-kvm provides QEMU and Kernel-based Virtual Machine userland tools.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 app-emulation/qemu-kvm < 1.1.1-r1 >= 1.1.1-r1

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in qemu-kvm. Please

review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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These vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of

Service condition on the host server or qemu process, might allow for

arbitrary code execution or a symlink attack when qemu-kvm is in

snapshot mode.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All qemu-kvm users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/qemu-kvm-1.1.1-r1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-1750

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1750

[ 2 ] CVE-2011-1751

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1751

[ 3 ] CVE-2011-2212

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2212

[ 4 ] CVE-2011-2512

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2512

[ 5 ] CVE-2012-0029

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0029

[ 6 ] CVE-2012-2652

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2652

 

Availability

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

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-04.xml

 

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 2012 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