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SUSE MicroOS 5.1 Security Advisory: Low Risk qemu Guest Crash Fix

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Calendar Grey January 25, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases qemu patch addressing minor guest crash risk along with installation guidelines. Maintain your security!
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-20196: Fixed null pointer dereference that may lead to guest crash (bsc#1181361). 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 MicroOS 5.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2022-177=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP3-2022-177=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-177=1 Package List: - SUSE MicroOS 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64): qemu-5.2.0-150300.109.2 qemu-debuginfo-5.2.0-150300.109.2

References

#1181361

Cross- CVE-2021-20196

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-20196 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-20196 (SUSE): 3.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE MicroOS 5.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20196.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181361

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0177-1
Rating: low

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