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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019-0809-01 Urgent: OVMF Buffer Overflow

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An update for ovmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: ovmf security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2019:0809-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0809
Issue date:        2019-04-23
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-12180 
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1. Summary:

An update for ovmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

3. Description:

OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware) is a project to enable UEFI support
for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware
for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

* edk2: Buffer Overflow in BlockIo service for RAM disk (CVE-2018-12180)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1683372 - CVE-2018-12180 edk2: Buffer Overflow in BlockIo service for RAM disk

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
ovmf-20180508-3.gitee3198e672e2.el7_6.1.src.rpm

noarch:
OVMF-20180508-3.gitee3198e672e2.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):

Source:
ovmf-20180508-3.gitee3198e672e2.el7_6.1.src.rpm

noarch:
AAVMF-20180508-3.gitee3198e672e2.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12180
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019-0809-01 Urgent: OVMF Buffer Overflow

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Canonical announced a critical patch for qemu that fixes a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Ubuntu 20.04 users.
An update for ovmf 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

Summary

OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.
Security Fix(es):
* edk2: Buffer Overflow in BlockIo service for RAM disk (CVE-2018-12180)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12180 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: ovmf-20180508-3.gitee3198e672e2.el7_6.1.src.rpm
noarch: OVMF-20180508-3.gitee3198e672e2.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):
Source: ovmf-20180508-3.gitee3198e672e2.el7_6.1.src.rpm
noarch: AAVMF-20180508-3.gitee3198e672e2.el7_6.1.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0809-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2019-04-23

Topic

An update for ovmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1683372 - CVE-2018-12180 edk2: Buffer Overflow in BlockIo service for RAM disk

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