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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2182-1 Critical QEMU Denial Of Service Risk

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Several security issues were fixed in QEMU.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2182-1
April 28, 2014

qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in QEMU.

Software Description:
- qemu: Machine emulator and virtualizer
- qemu-kvm: Machine emulator and virtualizer

Details:

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled vmxnet3
devices. A local guest could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. This issue only
applied to Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4544)

Michael S. Tsirkin discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled virtio-net
MAC addresses. A local guest could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host.
(CVE-2014-0150)

Benoît Canet discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled SMART self-tests. A
local guest could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2014-2894)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  qemu-system                     2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
  qemu-system-aarch64             2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
  qemu-system-arm                 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
  qemu-system-mips                2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
  qemu-system-misc                2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
  qemu-system-ppc                 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
  qemu-system-sparc               2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
  qemu-system-x86                 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
  qemu-system                     1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
  qemu-system-arm                 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
  qemu-system-mips                1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
  qemu-system-misc                1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
  qemu-system-ppc                 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
  qemu-system-sparc               1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
  qemu-system-x86                 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4

Ubuntu 12.10:
  qemu-kvm                        1.2.0+noroms-0ubuntu2.12.10.7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  qemu-kvm                        1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.14

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  qemu-kvm                        0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.22

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2182-1
  CVE-2013-4544, CVE-2014-0150, CVE-2014-2894

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/1.2.0+noroms-0ubuntu2.12.10.7
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.14
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.22


Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2182-1 Critical QEMU Denial Of Service Risk

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Uncover essential information regarding QEMU security flaws affecting Ubuntu versions. Safeguard your system's integrity and reliability.
Several security issues were fixed in QEMU.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: qemu-system 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 qemu-system-aarch64 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 qemu-system-arm 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 qemu-system-mips 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 qemu-system-misc 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 qemu-system-ppc 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 qemu-system-sparc 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 qemu-system-x86 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 13.10: qemu-system 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 qemu-system-arm 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 qemu-system-mips 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 qemu-system-misc 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 qemu-system-ppc 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 qemu-system-sparc 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 qemu-system-x86 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 Ubuntu 12.10: qemu-kvm 1.2.0+noroms-0ubuntu2.12.10.7 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.14 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.22 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2182-1

CVE-2013-4544, CVE-2014-0150, CVE-2014-2894

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April 28, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/1.2.0+noroms-0ubuntu2.12.10.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.14 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.22

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