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SUSE: 2018:4086-1 Important: Qemu Out Of Bounds Access Fix

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Update for kernel addresses critical vulnerabilities and suggests solutions for users to apply.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-16847: Fixed an out of bounds r/w buffer access in cmb operations (bsc#1114529). Non-security issue fixed: - Fixed serial console issue in SLES 12 SP2 that triggered a qemu-kvm bug (bsc#1108474). 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 Module for Server Applications 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2018-2913=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2018-2913=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory important suse errata qemu patch instructions buffer access

References

#1108474 #1114529

Cross- CVE-2018-16847

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16847.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108474

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1114529

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:4086-1
Rating: important

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