Gentoo: GLSA-202310-08 Urgent: Several QEMU-KVM Vulnerabilities Detected
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October 18, 2012
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in qemu-kvm, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in qemu-kvm. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
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
[ 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
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201210-04
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Concerns
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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.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
Topics Covered
Background
qemu-kvm provides QEMU and Kernel-based Virtual Machine userland tools.
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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
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
There is no known workaround at this time.
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