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Red Hat RHSA-2015:0999-01 Important: qemu-kvm Out-Of-Bounds Access Issue

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Calendar Grey May 13, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Oracle patches VirtualBox addressing a critical vulnerability related to buffer overflow. Users are advised to upgrade their installations for enhanced security in VirtualBox 6.
Updated qemu-kvm packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. The qemu-kvm package provides the user-space component for running virtual machines using KVM.
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the way QEMU's virtual Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) handled FIFO buffer access while processing certain FDC commands. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the guest or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the host's QEMU process corresponding to the guest. (CVE-2015-3456)
Red Hat would like to thank Jason Geffner of CrowdStrike for reporting this issue.
All qemu-kvm users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch 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 security issue Red Hat important attack vector out-of-bounds qemu-kvm

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.src.rpm
x86_64: libcacard-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.i686.rpm libcacard-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-img-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.i686.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libcacard-devel-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.i686.rpm libcacard-devel-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm libcacard-tools-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.i686.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.src.rpm
x86_64: libcacard-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.i686.rpm libcacard-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm libcacard-devel-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.i686.rpm libcacard-devel-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm libcacard-tools-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-img-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.i686.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-86.el7_1.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0999-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0999.html
Issue date: 2015-05-13

Topic

Updated qemu-kvm packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat important attack vector out-of-bounds qemu-kvm

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1218611 - CVE-2015-3456 qemu: fdc: out-of-bounds fifo buffer memory access

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