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Gentoo: GLSA-201701-49 Normal: QEMU Denial of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202203-15 discusses several vulnerabilities in QEMU, categorized as having a standard severity rating.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-2.8.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10028 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10028 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-9101 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9101 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-9776 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9776 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-9845 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9845 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-9846 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9846 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-9907 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9907 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-9908 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9908 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-9911 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9911 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-9912 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9912 [ 10 ] CVE-2016-9913 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9913 [ 11 ] CVE-2016-9914 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9914 [ 12 ] CVE-2016-9915 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9915 [ 13 ] CVE-2016-9916 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cve...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 23, 2017
Bugs: #598330, #601450, #601824, #601826, #601830, #601832,
ID: 201701-49

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/qemu < 2.8.0 >= 2.8.0

Impact

===== 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

There is no known workaround at this time.

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