Scientific Linux SL7: SLSA-2017:0083-1 Low: qemu-kvm Denial of Service

Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 21:12:57 -0000
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From: Scott Reid 
Subject: Security ERRATA Low: qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64
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Message-ID: <20170117211257.31976.29007@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Low: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:0083-1
Issue Date: 2017-01-17
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-2857
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Security Fix(es):

* An out-of-bounds read-access flaw was found in the QEMU emulator built
with IP checksum routines. The flaw could occur when computing a TCP/UDP
packet's checksum, because a QEMU function used the packet's payload
length without checking against the data buffer's size. A user inside a
guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process (denial of service).
(CVE-2016-2857)

Bug Fix(es):

* Previously, rebooting a guest virtual machine more than 128 times in a
short period of time caused the guest to shut down instead of rebooting,
because the virtqueue was not cleaned properly. This update ensures that
the virtqueue is cleaned more reliably, which prevents the described
problem from occurring.
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SL7
 x86_64
 qemu-img-1.5.3-126.el7_3.3.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-kvm-1.5.3-126.el7_3.3.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-126.el7_3.3.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-126.el7_3.3.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-126.el7_3.3.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team