SUSE 5.5: 2025:0516-1 moderate vulnerability regarding qemu block size
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February 13, 2025
* bsc#1215192 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-42467
Summary
## This update for qemu fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-42467: Disallow block sizes smaller than 512 (bsc#1215192). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-516=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-516=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * qemu-ui-spice-core-7.1.0-150500.49.30.1 * qemu-block-curl-7.1.0-150500.49.30.1 * qemu-guest-agent-7.1.0-150500.49.30.1 * qemu-chardev-spice-debuginfo-7.1.0-150500.49.30.1 * qemu-hw-display-virtio-vga-7.1.0-150500.49.30.1
References
* bsc#1215192
Cross-
* CVE-2023-42467
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2023-42467 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2023-42467 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
* openSUSE Leap 15.5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
##
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-42467.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215192
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0516-1
Release Date: 2025-02-13T11:59:11Z
Rating: moderate
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