GLSA 201611-11: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/18/2016
Bugs:	#594368, #594520, #595192, #596048, #596738, #596752, #596774, #596776, #597108, #597110, #598044, #598046, #598328, #603442
ID:	201611-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which could 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-r6	>= 2.7.0-r6	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A privileged user /process within a guest QEMU environment can cause a Denial of Service condition against the QEMU guest process or the host.

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-r6"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201611-11.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.