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Red Hat: RHSA-2013:1100-01 Critical: qemu-kvm Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2013
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The recent announcement from Red Hat concerning qemu-kvm highlights a serious local vulnerability. Immediate updates are essential for safeguarding your infrastructures.
Updated qemu-kvm packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. qemu-kvm is the user-space component for running virtual machines using KVM.
An unquoted search path flaw was found in the way the QEMU Guest Agent service installation was performed on Windows. Depending on the permissions of the directories in the unquoted search path, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to have a binary of their choosing executed with SYSTEM privileges. (CVE-2013-2231)
This issue was discovered by Lev Veyde of Red Hat.
All users of qemu-kvm should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct this issue. After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update qemu-kvm

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2231 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.i686.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.i686.rpm
x86_64: qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: qemu-guest-agent-win32-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64: qemu-guest-agent-win32-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386: qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.i686.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.i686.rpm
x86_64: qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1100-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1100.html
Issue date: 2013-07-22

Topic

Updated qemu-kvm packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update qemu-kvm

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

980757 - CVE-2013-2231 qemu: qemu-ga win32 service unquoted search path

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