RedHat: RHSA-2020-4054:01 Important: qemu-kvm security update
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: usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets
(CVE-2020-14364)
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
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14364 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.21.src.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.21.x86_64.rpm
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.21.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.21.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.21.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.21.x86_64.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 qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5Advanced Update Support.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 AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1869201 - CVE-2020-14364 QEMU: usb: out-of-bounds r/w access issue while processing usb packets
