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Gentoo: GLSA-202208-27 High: QEMU Multiple Issues Leading To Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical warning issued for Gentoo QEMU flaws; urgent measures needed to avert potential remote code exploitation.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU, the worst of which could result in remote code execution (guest sandbox escape).

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 high severity gentoo remote code execution multiple issues sandbox escape qemu

Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-7.0.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15859 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15859 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-15863 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15863 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-16092 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16092 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-35504 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35504 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-35505 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35505 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-35506 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35506 [ 7 ] CVE-2020-35517 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35517 [ 8 ] CVE-2021-3409 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3409 [ 9 ] CVE-2021-3416 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3416 [ 10 ] CVE-2021-3527 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3527 [ 11 ] CVE-2021-3544 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3544 [ 12 ] CVE-2021-3545 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3545 [ 13 ] CVE-2021-3546 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3546 [ 14 ] CVE-2021-3582 htt...

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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/202208-27
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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: High
Title: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 14, 2022
Bugs: #733448, #736605, #773220, #775713, #780816, #792624, #807055, #810544, #820743, #835607, #839762
ID: 202208-27

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo remote code execution multiple issues sandbox escape qemu

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU, the worst of which could result in remote code execution (guest sandbox escape).

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 < 7.0.0 >= 7.0.0

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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