RedHat: RHSA-2019-1743:01 Important: qemu-kvm-rhev security update
Summary
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for
Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the
user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in
environments managed by Red Hat products.
Security Fix(es):
* QEMU: device_tree: heap buffer overflow while loading device tree blob
(CVE-2018-20815)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once
all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to
take effect.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20815 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0:
Source:
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.src.rpm
ppc64le:
qemu-img-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
qemu-img-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform13.0 (Queens).Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 - ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1693101 - CVE-2018-20815 QEMU: device_tree: heap buffer overflow while loading device tree blob