SUSE Security Update: Security update for KVM
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0929-1
Rating:             important
References:         #877642 #877645 #929339 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-0222 CVE-2014-0223 CVE-2015-3456
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now
   available. It includes one version update.

Description:


   KVM was updated to fix the following security issues:

       * CVE-2015-3456: Buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which
         could be used to carry out denial of service attacks or potential
         code execution against the host. This vulnerability is also known as
         VENOM.
       * CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in
         block/qcow.c in QEMU allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of
         service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image.
       * CVE-2014-0223: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in
         block/qcow.c in QEMU allowed local users to cause a denial of
         service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large
         image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read.

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2015-3456
         
       * CVE-2014-0222
         
       * CVE-2014-0223
         


Special Instructions and Notes:

   Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-kvm=10683

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


Package List:

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

      kvm-0.12.5-1.26.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0222.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0223.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/877642
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/877645
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2015:0929-1: important: KVM

May 22, 2015
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

KVM was updated to fix the following security issues: * CVE-2015-3456: Buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which could be used to carry out denial of service attacks or potential code execution against the host. This vulnerability is also known as VENOM. * CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image. * CVE-2014-0223: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function in block/qcow.c in QEMU allowed local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large image size, which triggers a buffer overflow or out-of-bounds read. Security Issues: * CVE-2015-3456 * CVE-2014-0222 * CVE-2014-0223

References

#877642 #877645 #929339

Cross- CVE-2014-0222 CVE-2014-0223 CVE-2015-3456

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0222.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0223.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/877642

https://bugzilla.suse.com/877645

https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0929-1
Rating: important

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