RedHat: RHSA-2019-2166:01 Moderate: qemu-kvm-ma security and bug fix update
Summary
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for
Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-ma packages provide the
user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM on the IBM z
Systems, IBM Power, and 64-bit ARM architectures.
Security Fix(es):
* QEMU: net: ignore packets with large size (CVE-2018-17963)
* QEMU: scsi-generic: possible OOB access while handling inquiry request
(CVE-2019-6501)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from 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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17963 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6501 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
qemu-img-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64:
qemu-kvm-common-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
qemu-kvm-ma-debuginfo-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.rpm
qemu-kvm-tools-ma-2.12.0-33.el7.ppc64.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-ma is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64
Bugs Fixed
1636777 - CVE-2018-17963 QEMU: net: ignore packets with large size
1668160 - CVE-2019-6501 QEMU: scsi-generic: possible OOB access while handling inquiry request
1678898 - Run iotests in rhel77 qemu-kvm-ma build %check phase