Scientific Linux: SLSA-2016:0724-1 Important: qemu-kvm Security Fix

Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 19:52:19 -0000
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Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64
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Message-ID: <20160509195219.32026.69004@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Important: qemu-kvm security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:0724-1
Issue Date: 2016-05-09
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-3710
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Security Fix(es):

* An out-of-bounds read/write access flaw was found in the way QEMU's VGA
emulation with VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) support performed read/write
operations via I/O port methods. A privileged guest user could use this
flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the
host's QEMU process. (CVE-2016-3710)
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SL7
 x86_64
 libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.i686.rpm
 libcacard-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-img-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-kvm-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.i686.rpm
 qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.x86_64.rpm
 qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.x86_64.rpm
 libcacard-devel-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.i686.rpm
 libcacard-devel-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.x86_64.rpm
 libcacard-tools-1.5.3-105.el7_2.4.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team