GLSA 201602-01: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	02/04/2016
Bugs:	#544328, #549404, #557206, #558416, #559656, #560422, #560550, #560760, #566792, #567144, #567828, #567868, #568214, #568226, #568246, #569646, #570110, #570988, #571562, #571564, #571566
ID:	201602-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service or gain elevated privileges from a guest VM.

Background

QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/qemu	< 2.5.0-r1	>= 2.5.0-r1	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker might cause a Denial of Service or gain escalated privileges from a guest VM.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/qemu-2.5.0-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-201602-01.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.