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openSUSE 13.2 SUSE-SU-2015:0893-1 Critical: Qemu Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2015
Scroller Opensuse
Essential openSUSE patch addresses qemu memory overflow, enhancing overall system integrity and security.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

Qemu was updated to v2.1.3: See https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/2.1

for more information.

This update includes a security fix:

* CVE-2015-3456: Fixed a buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation,

which could be used to denial of service attacks or potential code

execution against the host.

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-364=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

libcacard-debugsource-2.1.3-4.1

libcacard-devel-2.1.3-4.1

libcacard0-2.1.3-4.1

libcacard0-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-arm-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-arm-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-block-curl-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-debugsource-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-extra-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-extra-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-guest-agent-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-ksm-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-kvm-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-lang-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-linux-user-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-linux-user-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-linux-user-debugsource-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-ppc-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-ppc-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-s390-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-s390-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-tools-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-x86-2.1.3-4.1

qemu-x86-debuginfo-2.1.3-4.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (noarch):

qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-4.1

qemu-seabios-1.7.5-4.1

qemu-sgabios-8-4.1

qemu-vgabios-1.7.5-4.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:0893-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 .

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