GLSA 201210-04: qemu-kvm: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	qemu-kvm: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/18/2012
Bugs:	#364889, #365259, #372411, #373997, #400595, #430456
ID:	201210-04

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in qemu-kvm, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

qemu-kvm provides QEMU and Kernel-based Virtual Machine userland tools.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/qemu-kvm	< 1.1.1-r1	>= 1.1.1-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in qemu-kvm. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

These vulnerabilities allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition on the host server or qemu process, might allow for arbitrary code execution or a symlink attack when qemu-kvm is in snapshot mode.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All qemu-kvm users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-kvm-1.1.1-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-04.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.