SUSE: 2018:2556-1 Moderate: Qemu Integer Overflow and DoS Fix
suse
August 30, 2018
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for qemu fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2018-12617: qmp_guest_file_read had an integer overflow that could have been exploited by sending a crafted QMP command (including guest-file-read with a large count value) to the agent via the listening socket causing DoS (bsc#1098735) - CVE-2018-11806: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow via incoming fragmented datagrams (bsc#1096223) With this release the mitigations for Spectre v4 are moved the the patches from upstream (CVE-2018-3639, bsc#1092885). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
Topics Covered
References
#1092885 #1096223 #1098735
Cross- CVE-2018-11806 CVE-2018-12617 CVE-2018-3639
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11806.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12617.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3639.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092885
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096223
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1098735
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2556-1
Rating: moderate
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