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SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 Important kvm Update for Critical Issues

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Calendar Grey August 21, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a safety update for kvm that tackles three significant vulnerabilities, notably a buffer overflow as well as corrections for null pointer dereferences.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for kvm fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-14378: Security fix for heap overflow in ip_reass on big packet input (bsc#1143794). - CVE-2019-12155: Security fix for null pointer dereference while releasing spice resources (bsc#1135902). - CVE-2019-13164: Security fix for qemu-bridge-helper ACL can be bypassed when names are too long (bsc#1140402). 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 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-kvm-14151=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): kvm-1.4.2-60.27.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory access control important heap overflow null pointer kvm SUSE Linux Enterprise

References

#1135902 #1140402 #1143794

Cross- CVE-2019-12155 CVE-2019-13164 CVE-2019-14378

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12155.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13164.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14378.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1135902

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1140402

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1143794

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:14151-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory access control important heap overflow null pointer kvm SUSE Linux Enterprise

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