SUSE: 2018:0020-1 Important Security Update for QEMU Software
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January 4, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for qemu fixes the following issues: 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) 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-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-19=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64): qemu-2.0.2-48.37.1 qemu-block-curl-2.0.2-48.37.1 qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.37.1 qemu-debugsource-2.0.2-48.37.1
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References
#1068032
Cross- CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0020-1
Rating: important
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