Security update for qemu

SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1560-1
Rating: important
References: #886378 #895528 #901508 #928393 #934069 #940929 #944463 #947159 #958491 #958917 #959005 #959386 #960334 #960708 #960725 #960835 #961332 #961333 #961358 #961556 #961691 #962320 #963782 #964413 #967969 #969121 #969122 #969350 #970036 #970037 #975128 #975136 #975700 #976109 #978158 #978160 #980711 #980723 #981266
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that solves 37 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:

    qemu was updated to fix 37 security issues.

    These security issues were fixed:
    - CVE-2016-4439: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980711)
    - CVE-2016-4441: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980723)
    - CVE-2016-4952: Avoid OOB access in Vmware PV SCSI emulation (bsc#981266)
    - CVE-2015-8817: Avoid OOB access in PCI DMA I/O (bsc#969121)
    - CVE-2015-8818: Avoid OOB access in PCI DMA I/O (bsc#969122)
    - CVE-2016-3710: Fixed VGA emulation based OOB access with potential for
    guest escape (bsc#978158)
    - CVE-2016-3712: Fixed VGa emulation based DOS and OOB read access exploit
    (bsc#978160)
    - CVE-2016-4037: Fixed USB ehci based DOS (bsc#976109)
    - CVE-2016-2538: Fixed potential OOB access in USB net device emulation
    (bsc#967969)
    - CVE-2016-2841: Fixed OOB access / hang in ne2000 emulation (bsc#969350)
    - CVE-2016-2858: Avoid potential DOS when using QEMU pseudo random number
    generator (bsc#970036)
    - CVE-2016-2857: Fixed OOB access when processing IP checksums (bsc#970037)
    - CVE-2016-4001: Fixed OOB access in Stellaris enet emulated nic
    (bsc#975128)
    - CVE-2016-4002: Fixed OOB access in MIPSnet emulated controller
    (bsc#975136)
    - CVE-2016-4020: Fixed possible host data leakage to guest from TPR access
    (bsc#975700)
    - CVE-2015-3214: Fixed OOB read in i8254 PIC (bsc#934069)
    - CVE-2014-9718: Fixed the handling of malformed or short ide PRDTs to
    avoid any opportunity for guest to cause DoS by abusing that interface
    (bsc#928393)
    - CVE-2014-3689: Fixed insufficient parameter validation in rectangle
    functions (bsc#901508)
    - CVE-2014-3615: The VGA emulator in QEMU allowed local guest users to
    read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution
    (bsc#895528).
    - CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and
    protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
    - CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in virtio-serial (bsc#940929).
    - CVE-2015-7295: hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device
    (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are
    not supported, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service
    (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1)
    tuntap or (2) macvtap interface (bsc#947159).
    - CVE-2015-7549: PCI null pointer dereferences (bsc#958917).
    - CVE-2015-8504: VNC floating point exception (bsc#958491).
    - CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in ehci_advance_state resulting in DoS
    (bsc#959005).
    - CVE-2015-8567: A guest repeatedly activating a vmxnet3 device can leak
    host memory (bsc#959386).
    - CVE-2015-8568: A guest repeatedly activating a vmxnet3 device can leak
    host memory (bsc#959386).
    - CVE-2015-8613: Wrong sized memset in megasas command handler
    (bsc#961358).
    - CVE-2015-8619: Potential DoS for long HMP sendkey command argument
    (bsc#960334).
    - CVE-2015-8743: OOB memory access in ne2000 ioport r/w functions
    (bsc#960725).
    - CVE-2015-8744: Incorrect l2 header validation could have lead to a crash
    via assert(2) call (bsc#960835).
    - CVE-2015-8745: Reading IMR registers could have lead to a crash via
    assert(2) call (bsc#960708).
    - CVE-2016-1568: AHCI use-after-free in aio port commands (bsc#961332).
    - CVE-2016-1714: Potential OOB memory access in processing firmware
    configuration (bsc#961691).
    - CVE-2016-1922: NULL pointer dereference when processing hmp i/o command
    (bsc#962320).
    - CVE-2016-1981: Potential DoS (infinite loop) in e1000 device emulation
    by malicious privileged user within guest (bsc#963782).
    - CVE-2016-2198: Malicious privileged guest user were able to cause DoS by
    writing to read-only EHCI capabilities registers (bsc#964413).

    This non-security issue was fixed
    - bsc#886378: qemu truncates vhd images in virt-rescue

    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 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-924=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-924=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • qemu-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-block-curl-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-debugsource-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-guest-agent-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-lang-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-tools-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64):
      • qemu-kvm-2.0.2-48.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le):
      • qemu-ppc-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-ppc-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):
      • qemu-block-rbd-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-x86-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-x86-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):
      • qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-48.19.1
      • qemu-seabios-1.7.4-48.19.1
      • qemu-sgabios-8-48.19.1
      • qemu-vgabios-1.7.4-48.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x):
      • qemu-s390-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-s390-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • qemu-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-block-curl-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-debugsource-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-kvm-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-tools-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-x86-2.0.2-48.19.1
      • qemu-x86-debuginfo-2.0.2-48.19.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (noarch):
      • qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-48.19.1
      • qemu-seabios-1.7.4-48.19.1
      • qemu-sgabios-8-48.19.1
      • qemu-vgabios-1.7.4-48.19.1

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