Security update for kvm

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14774-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-11947 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-11947 ( NVD ): 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-15469 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-15469 ( NVD ): 2.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2020-15863 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-15863 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2020-25707 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-20221 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2021-20221 ( NVD ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3416 ( SUSE ): 3.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2021-3416 ( NVD ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3592 ( SUSE ): 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3592 ( NVD ): 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3594 ( SUSE ): 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3594 ( NVD ): 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3

An update that solves eight vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kvm fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2021-3594: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure in slirp (udp) (bsc#1187367)
  • CVE-2021-3592: invalid pointer initialization may lead to information disclosure (bootp). (bsc#1187364)
  • CVE-2021-3416: infinite loop in loopback mode may lead to stack overflow. (bsc#1186473)
  • CVE-2020-15469: MMIO ops null pointer dereference may lead to DoS. (bsc#1173612)
  • CVE-2020-11947: iscsi_aio_ioctl_cb in block/iscsi.c has a heap-based buffer over-read. (bsc#1180523)
  • CVE-2021-20221: out-of-bound heap buffer access via an interrupt ID field. (bsc#1181933)
  • CVE-2020-25707: infinite loop in e1000e_write_packet_to_guest() in hw/net/e1000e_core.c. (bsc#1178683)
  • CVE-2020-15863: stack-based overflow in xgmac_enet_send() in hw/net/xgmac.c. (bsc#1174386)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-kvm-14774=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • kvm-1.4.2-53.41.1

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