MGASA-2024-0047 - Updated xen, qemu and libvirt packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 24 Feb 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0047.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2022-42336,
     CVE-2023-2861,
     CVE-2023-46839,
     CVE-2023-46840

This update fixes several security issues and also improves stability.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32332
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-431.html
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-449.html
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-450.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42336
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2861
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-46839
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-46840

SRPMS:
- 9/core/qemu-7.2.9-1.mga9
- 9/core/libvirt-9.6.0-1.mga9
- 9/core/xen-4.17.3-1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0047: xen, qemu and libvirt security update

This update fixes several security issues and also improves stability

Summary

This update fixes several security issues and also improves stability.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32332

- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-431.html

- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-449.html

- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-450.html

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-42336

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2861

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-46839

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-46840

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0047 - Updated xen, qemu and libvirt packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/qemu-7.2.9-1.mga9

- 9/core/libvirt-9.6.0-1.mga9

- 9/core/xen-4.17.3-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 24 Feb 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0047.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-42336, CVE-2023-2861, CVE-2023-46839, CVE-2023-46840

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