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Gentoo GLSA-202311-15: Moderate Severity Libvirt Security Flaws in VM Ops

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
QEMU presents moderate risk vulnerabilities allowing for possible unauthorized code execution. Update immediately to ensure security.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution multiple issues normal severity qemu

Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-5.1.0-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-10717 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10717 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-10761 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10761 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-13253 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13253 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-13361 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13361 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-13362 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13362 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-13659 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13659 [ 7 ] CVE-2020-13754 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13754 [ 8 ] CVE-2020-13791 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13791 [ 9 ] CVE-2020-13800 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13800 [ 10 ] CVE-2020-14364 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14364

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-09
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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: November 11, 2020
Bugs: #720896, #725634, #743649
ID: 202011-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution multiple issues normal severity qemu

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

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 < 5.1.0-r1 >= 5.1.0-r1

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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