MGASA-2019-0388 - Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 14 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0388.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-19332

This update provides an update to 5.4 series kernels, currently based on
upstream 5.4.2, adding support for new hardware and features, and fixing
atleast the following security issue:

KVM: x86: fix out-of-bounds write in KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID
(CVE-2019-19332)

WireGuard has been updated to 0.0.20191205.

xtables-addons have been updated to 3.7 for kernel 5.4 support.

For other fixes and features in this update, see the referenced changelogs.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25834
- https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.4
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.2
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19332

SRPMS:
- 7/core/kernel-5.4.2-1.mga7
- 7/core/wireguard-tools-0.0.20191205-1.mga7
- 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.14-10.mga7
- 7/core/xtables-addons-3.7-1.mga7
- 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.7-1.mga7
- 7/core/ldetect-lst-0.6.7-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0388: kernel security update

This update provides an update to 5.4 series kernels, currently based on upstream 5.4.2, adding support for new hardware and features, and fixing atleast the following security iss...

Summary

This update provides an update to 5.4 series kernels, currently based on upstream 5.4.2, adding support for new hardware and features, and fixing atleast the following security issue:
KVM: x86: fix out-of-bounds write in KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID (CVE-2019-19332)
WireGuard has been updated to 0.0.20191205.
xtables-addons have been updated to 3.7 for kernel 5.4 support.
For other fixes and features in this update, see the referenced changelogs.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25834

- https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.4

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.1

- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.2

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19332

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0388 - Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/kernel-5.4.2-1.mga7

- 7/core/wireguard-tools-0.0.20191205-1.mga7

- 7/core/kmod-virtualbox-6.0.14-10.mga7

- 7/core/xtables-addons-3.7-1.mga7

- 7/core/kmod-xtables-addons-3.7-1.mga7

- 7/core/ldetect-lst-0.6.7-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 14 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0388.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-19332

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