Gentoo: GLSA-201602-01: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-2.5.0-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1779 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1779 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-3456 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3456 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-5225 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5225 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-5278 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5278 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-5279 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5279 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-5745 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5745 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-6815 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6815 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-6855 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6855 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-7295 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7295 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-7504 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7504 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-7512 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7512 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-7549 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7549 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-8345 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8345 [ 14 ] CVE-2015-8504 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8504 [ 15 ] CVE-2015-8556 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8556 [ 16 ] CVE-2015-8558 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8558 [ 17 ] CVE-2015-8567 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8567 [ 18 ] CVE-2015-8568 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8568 [ 19 ] CVE-2015-8666 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8666 [ 20 ] CVE-2015-8701 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8701 [ 21 ] CVE-2015-8743 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8743 [ 22 ] CVE-2015-8744 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8744 [ 23 ] CVE-2015-8745 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8745 [ 24 ] CVE-2016-1568 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1568
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
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 have been found in QEMU, the worst of which may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service or gain elevated privileges from a guest VM.
Background
QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/qemu < 2.5.0-r1 >= 2.5.0-r1
Impact
===== A remote attacker might cause a Denial of Service or gain escalated privileges from a guest VM.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.