RedHat: RHSA-2019-0809:01 Important: ovmf security update
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.
Summary
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
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/
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.
Topic
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
