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SUSE 15-SP4: SUSE-SU-2023:0456-1 Critical: Qemu Service Patch

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Calendar Grey March 22, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a security update for qemu to tackle two severe vulnerabilities, delivering 6 patches to bolster user safety.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes is now available

Summary

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-0358: Fixed a potential privilege escalation via virtiofsd (bsc#1195161). - CVE-2021-3930: Fixed a potential denial of service in the emulated SCSI device (bsc#1192525). Non-security fixes: - Fixed a kernel data corruption via a long kernel boot cmdline (bsc#1196737). - Included vmxcap in the qemu-tools package (bsc#1193364). - Fixed package dependencies (bsc#1196087). - Fixed an issue were PowerPC firmwares would not be built for non-PowerPC builds (bsc#1193545). - Fixed multiple issues in I/O (bsc#1178049 bsc#1194938). 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:

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update privilege escalation important SUSE Linux Enterprise qemu fix

References

#1178049 #1192525 #1193364 #1193545 #1194938

#1195161 #1196087 #1196737

Cross- CVE-2021-3930 CVE-2022-0358

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3930 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-3930 (SUSE): 3.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2022-0358 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP3

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SUSE Manager Server 4.2

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0930-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update privilege escalation important SUSE Linux Enterprise qemu fix

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