GLSA 201706-03: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/06/2017
Bugs:	#614744, #615874, #616460, #616462, #616482, #616484, #616636, #616870, #616872, #616874, #618808, #619018, #619020, #620322
ID:	201706-03

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	< 2.9.0-r2	>= 2.9.0-r2	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-2.9.0-r2"
    

References

• CVE-2016-9603
• CVE-2017-7377
• CVE-2017-7471
• CVE-2017-7493
• CVE-2017-7718
• CVE-2017-7980
• CVE-2017-8086
• CVE-2017-8112
• CVE-2017-8309
• CVE-2017-8379
• CVE-2017-8380
• CVE-2017-9060
• CVE-2017-9310
• CVE-2017-9330

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201706-03.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.

License

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