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Fedora 27: 2017-908f063bb6 Critical: Qemu Security Fixes Overview

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Essential revisions for the Xen application in Fedora 27 have been released, targeting various QEMU-related concerns.
Qemu: usb: ohci: infinite loop due to incorrect return value [CVE-2017-9330] (#1457698) Qemu: nbd: segmentation fault due to client non-negotiation [CVE-2017-9524] (#1460173) Qemu:...

Summary

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line

tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the

Xen hypervisor

Qemu: usb: ohci: infinite loop due to incorrect return value [CVE-2017-9330]

(#1457698) Qemu: nbd: segmentation fault due to client non-negotiation

[CVE-2017-9524] (#1460173) Qemu: qemu-nbd: server breaks with SIGPIPE upon

client abort [CVE-2017-10664] (#1466466) Qemu: exec: oob access during dma

operation [CVE-2017-11334] (#1471640) revised full fix for XSA-226 (regressed

32-bit Dom0 or backend domains)

[ 1 ] Bug #1457697 - CVE-2017-9330 Qemu: usb: ohci: infinite loop due to incorrect return value

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457697

[ 2 ] Bug #1460170 - CVE-2017-9524 Qemu: nbd: segmentation fault due to client non-negotiation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1460170

[ 3 ] Bug #1466190 - CVE-2017-10664 Qemu: qemu-nbd: server breaks with SIGPIPE upon client abort

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1466190

[ 4 ] Bug #1471638 - CVE-2017-11334 Qemu: exec: oob access during dma operation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1471638

su -c 'dnf upgrade xen' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Product: Fedora 27
Version: 4.9.0
Release: 9.fc27
Summary: Xen is a virtual machine monitor

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