SUSE: 2018:0019-1 Important: KVM Security Fixes and Mitigation
suse
January 4, 2018
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for kvm fixes the following issues: Also a mitigation for a security flaw 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) Security fixes have been applied: - CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc infrastructure (bsc#1026612) 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 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-kvm-13393=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 s390x x86_64): kvm-1.4.2-60.6.1
Topics Covered
References
#1026612 #1068032
Cross- CVE-2017-2633 CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2633.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1026612
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0019-1
Rating: important
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