Security update for qemu

SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1320-1
Rating: important
References: #740165 #777084
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    The qemu vt100 emulation was affected by a problem where
    specific vt100 sequences could have been used by guest
    users to affect the host. (CVE-2012-3515 aka XSA-17).

    CVE-2012-0029: A buffer overflow in the e1000 device
    emulation was fixed

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2012-3515
    >
    * CVE-2012-0029
    >

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2:
      zypper in -t patch slestso12-qemu-6852

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2 (x86_64):
    • qemu-0.10.1-0.5.7.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0029.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3515.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/740165
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/777084
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=86d45c23c62093dbb012d29f065b7abe