SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1203-2
Rating:             important
References:         #777084 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-3515
Affected Products:
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   The qemu vt100 emulation was affected by a problem where
   specific vt100  sequences could have been used by guest
   users to affect the host.  (CVE-2012-3515 aka XSA-17). This
   has been fixed.

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-3515
   



Package List:

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 x86_64):

      qemu-0.8.2-37.14.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3515.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777084
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2012:1203-2: important: qemu

October 25, 2012
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

The qemu vt100 emulation was affected by a problem where specific vt100 sequences could have been used by guest users to affect the host. (CVE-2012-3515 aka XSA-17). This has been fixed. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-3515 Package List: - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 x86_64): qemu-0.8.2-37.14.1

References

#777084

Cross- CVE-2012-3515

Affected Products:

SLE SDK 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3515.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/777084

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1203-2
Rating: important

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