# Security update for qemu

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3229-1  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1218484
  * bsc#1222845
  * bsc#1223955

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2023-6693
  * CVE-2024-3447

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2023-6693 ( SUSE ):  4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  * CVE-2023-6693 ( NVD ):  5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  * CVE-2024-3447 ( SUSE ):  6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

  
  
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be
installed.

## Description:

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

  * CVE-2024-3447: Fix heap buffer overflow in sdhci_write_dataport().
    (bsc#1218485)
  * CVE-2023-6693: Fix stack buffer overflow in virtio_net_flush_tx().
    (bsc#1218484)

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3229=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3229=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3229=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    * qemu-debugsource-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-sdl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-curl-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-tools-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-sdl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-gtk-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-rbd-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-alsa-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-gtk-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-tools-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-iscsi-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-lang-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-alsa-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-oss-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-curses-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-ssh-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-oss-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-curses-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-guest-agent-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-pa-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-pa-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-sdl-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64)
    * qemu-arm-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-arm-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    * qemu-ipxe-1.0.0+-75.1
    * qemu-seabios-1.12.0_0_ga698c89-75.1
    * qemu-sgabios-8-75.1
    * qemu-vgabios-1.12.0_0_ga698c89-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * qemu-kvm-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-x86-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * qemu-debugsource-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-sdl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-curl-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-tools-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-sdl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-gtk-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-alsa-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-gtk-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-tools-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-iscsi-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-lang-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-alsa-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-oss-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-curses-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-ssh-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-oss-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-curses-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-guest-agent-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-pa-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-pa-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-sdl-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64)
    * qemu-arm-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-arm-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    * qemu-block-rbd-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    * qemu-ipxe-1.0.0+-75.1
    * qemu-seabios-1.12.0_0_ga698c89-75.1
    * qemu-sgabios-8-75.1
    * qemu-vgabios-1.12.0_0_ga698c89-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (ppc64le)
    * qemu-ppc-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ppc-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x x86_64)
    * qemu-kvm-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x)
    * qemu-s390-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-s390-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * qemu-x86-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * qemu-debugsource-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-sdl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-curl-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-tools-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-sdl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-gtk-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-alsa-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-gtk-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-tools-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-iscsi-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-lang-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-alsa-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-oss-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-curses-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-ssh-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-oss-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ui-curses-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-guest-agent-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-pa-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-pa-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-audio-sdl-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    * qemu-ipxe-1.0.0+-75.1
    * qemu-seabios-1.12.0_0_ga698c89-75.1
    * qemu-sgabios-8-75.1
    * qemu-vgabios-1.12.0_0_ga698c89-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le)
    * qemu-ppc-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-ppc-3.1.1.1-75.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    * qemu-block-rbd-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-kvm-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-x86-3.1.1.1-75.1
    * qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3447.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218484
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222845
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223955

SUSE: 2024:3229-1 moderate: qemu Security Advisory Updates

September 12, 2024
* bsc#1218484 * bsc#1222845 * bsc#1223955 Cross-References:

Summary

## This update for qemu fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-3447: Fix heap buffer overflow in sdhci_write_dataport(). (bsc#1218485) * CVE-2023-6693: Fix stack buffer overflow in virtio_net_flush_tx(). (bsc#1218484) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3229=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3229=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3229=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64) * qemu-debugsource-3.1.1.1-75.1 * qemu-audio-sdl-debuginfo-3.1.1.1-75.1 * qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.1.1-75.1 * ...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1218484

* bsc#1222845

* bsc#1223955

Cross-

* CVE-2023-6693

* CVE-2024-3447

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-6693 ( SUSE ): 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2023-6693 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2024-3447 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6693.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3447.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218484

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222845

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223955

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3229-1
Rating: moderate

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