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openSUSE 13.1: CVE-2015-3456 Important: Qemu Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2015
Scroller Opensuse
Patch addresses serious vulnerability in qemu; safeguarding system stability and defending against potential service disruptions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

qemu was updated to fix a security issue:

* 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

security advisory buffer overflow important doS qemu

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-363=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

qemu-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-debuginfo-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-debugsource-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-guest-agent-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-lang-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-linux-user-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-linux-user-debuginfo-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-linux-user-debugsource-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-tools-1.6.2-4.8.1

qemu-tools-debuginfo-1.6.2-4.8.1

- openSUSE 13.1 (noarch):

qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-4.8.1

qemu-seabios-1.7.2.2-4.8.1

qemu-sgabios-8-4.8.1

qemu-vgabios-0.6c-4.8.1

References

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:0894-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 .

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