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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201604-01
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: April 02, 2016
     Bugs: #569118, #569300, #571560, #572082, #572412, #572454,
           #573280, #573314, #574902, #575492, #576420
       ID: 201604-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which
could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service
condition.

Background
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QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  app-emulation/qemu          < 2.5.0-r2               >= 2.5.0-r2

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Local users within a guest QEMU environment can execute arbitrary code
within the host or a cause a Denial of Service condition of the QEMU
guest process.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-2.5.0-r2"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2015-8613
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8613
[  2 ] CVE-2015-8619
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8619
[  3 ] CVE-2016-1714
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1714
[  4 ] CVE-2016-1922
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1922
[  5 ] CVE-2016-1981
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1981
[  6 ] CVE-2016-2197
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2197
[  7 ] CVE-2016-2198
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2198
[  8 ] CVE-2016-2392
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2392
[  9 ] CVE-2016-2538
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2538
[ 10 ] CVE-2016-2858
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2858

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/