Security update for KVM

SUSE Security Update: Security update for KVM
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1214-1
Rating: moderate
References: #712137 #725008 #786813 #818182 #824340
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes a file permission issue with qga (the
    QEMU Guest Agent) from the qemu/kvm package and includes
    several bug-fixes.

    (bnc#818182) (CVE-2013-2007) (bnc#786813) (bnc#725008)
    (bnc#712137) (bnc#824340)

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2013-2007
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    Patch Instructions:

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

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-kvm-7906
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-kvm-7906

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • kvm-0.15.1-0.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • kvm-0.15.1-0.27.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2007.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/712137
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/725008
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/786813
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/818182
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/824340
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=ddb145f19c5e9d74a91e6259aa616b70