SUSE Linux 12-SP3: 2018:0007-1 Important: QEMU Security Issue
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January 4, 2018
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Summary
This update for qemu fixes the following issues: A new feature was added: - Support EPYC vCPU type (bsc#1052825 fate#324038) Also a mitigation for a security problem has been applied: - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-9=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-9=1 - SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-9=1
References
#1052825 #1068032
Cross- CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052825
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0007-1
Rating: important
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