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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2018:1416-01 Moderate: qemu-kvm OOB Access

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2018
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A new intermediate update for qemu-kvm has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, resolving a critical out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability.
An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

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.

Summary

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM.
Security Fix(es):
* QEMU: cirrus: OOB access when updating VGA display (CVE-2018-7858)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Ross Lagerwall (Citrix.com) for reporting this issue.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update Moderate KVM out-of-bounds access qemu-kvm

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7858 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64: qemu-img-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64: qemu-img-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64: qemu-img-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64: qemu-img-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-156.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
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Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1416-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1416
Issue date: 2018-05-14

Topic

An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update Moderate KVM out-of-bounds access qemu-kvm

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1553402 - CVE-2018-7858 QEMU: cirrus: OOB access when updating VGA display

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