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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201611-11
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: November 18, 2016
     Bugs: #594368, #594520, #595192, #596048, #596738, #596752,
           #596774, #596776, #597108, #597110, #598044, #598046, #598328
       ID: 201611-11

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which
could 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          < 2.7.0-r6               >= 2.7.0-r6 

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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A privileged user /process within a guest QEMU environment can cause a
Denial of Service condition against the QEMU guest process or the host.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
=========
All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-2.7.0-r6"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2016-7161
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7161
[  2 ] CVE-2016-7423
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7423
[  3 ] CVE-2016-7466
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7466
[  4 ] CVE-2016-7907
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7907
[  5 ] CVE-2016-7908
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7908
[  6 ] CVE-2016-7909
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7909
[  7 ] CVE-2016-7994
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7994
[  8 ] CVE-2016-8576
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8576
[  9 ] CVE-2016-8577
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8577
[ 10 ] CVE-2016-8578
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8578
[ 11 ] CVE-2016-8668
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8668
[ 12 ] CVE-2016-8669
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8669
[ 13 ] CVE-2016-8909
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8909
[ 14 ] CVE-2016-8910
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8910
[ 15 ] CVE-2016-9102
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9102
[ 16 ] CVE-2016-9103
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9103
[ 17 ] CVE-2016-9104
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9104
[ 18 ] CVE-2016-9105
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9105

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/201611-11

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/