Gentoo: GLSA-201210-04: qemu-kvm: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in qemu-kvm. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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
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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Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in qemu-kvm, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Background
qemu-kvm provides QEMU and Kernel-based Virtual Machine userland tools.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/qemu-kvm < 1.1.1-r1 >= 1.1.1-r1
Impact
===== 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.