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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-14783
2015-09-04 03:22:35.291267
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Name        : qemu
Product     : Fedora 23
Version     : 2.4.0
Release     : 2.fc23
URL         : https://www.qemu.org/
Summary     : QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator
Description :
QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good
emulation speed by using dynamic translation. QEMU has two operating modes:

 * Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for
   example a PC), including a processor and various peripherials. It can be
   used to launch different Operating Systems without rebooting the PC or
   to debug system code.
 * User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch Linux processes compiled
   for one CPU on another CPU.

As QEMU requires no host kernel patches to run, it is safe and easy to use.

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Update Information:

* CVE-2015-5225: heap memory corruption in vnc_refresh_server_surface (bz
#1255899)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1255896 - CVE-2015-5225 Qemu: ui: vnc: heap memory corruption in vnc_refresh_server_surface
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255896
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update qemu' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 23: qemu Security Update

September 4, 2015
* CVE-2015-5225: heap memory corruption in vnc_refresh_server_surface (bz #1255899)

Summary

QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good

emulation speed by using dynamic translation. QEMU has two operating modes:

* Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for

example a PC), including a processor and various peripherials. It can be

used to launch different Operating Systems without rebooting the PC or

to debug system code.

* User mode emulation. In this mode, QEMU can launch Linux processes compiled

for one CPU on another CPU.

As QEMU requires no host kernel patches to run, it is safe and easy to use.

Update Information:

* CVE-2015-5225: heap memory corruption in vnc_refresh_server_surface (bz #1255899)

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1255896 - CVE-2015-5225 Qemu: ui: vnc: heap memory corruption in vnc_refresh_server_surface https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255896

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update qemu' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : qemu
Product : Fedora 23
Version : 2.4.0
Release : 2.fc23
URL : https://www.qemu.org/
Summary : QEMU is a FAST! processor emulator

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