GLSA 201609-01: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/25/2016
Bugs:	#573816, #579734, #580040, #583496, #583952, #584094, #584102, #584146, #584514, #584630, #584918, #589924, #589928, #591242, #591244, #591374, #591380, #591678, #592430, #593034, #593036, #593038, #593284, #593950, #593956
ID:	201609-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/qemu	< 2.7.0-r3	>= 2.7.0-r3	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Local users within a guest QEMU environment can execute arbitrary code within the host or a cause a Denial of Service condition of the QEMU guest process.

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-2.7.0-r3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201609-01.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.