SUSE Security Update: Security update for KVM
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:0806-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #626654 #695766 #698237 #701161 #702823 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-2212 CVE-2011-2512
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three
   fixes is now available. It includes one version update.

Description:


   A privileged guest user could cause a buffer overflow in
   the virtio  subsystem of the host, therefore crashing the
   guest or potentially execute  arbitrary code on the host
   (CVE-2011-2212, CVE-2011-2512).

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2011-2212
   
   * CVE-2011-2512
   


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-kvm-4814

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-kvm-4814

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.12.5]:

      kvm-0.12.5-1.16.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.12.5]:

      kvm-0.12.5-1.16.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2212.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2512.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/626654
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/695766
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/698237
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/701161
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/702823
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login