SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0896-1
Rating:             important
References:         #886378 #924018 #929339 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-1779 CVE-2015-3456
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one
   errata is now available.

Description:


   qemu / kvm was updated to fix a security issue and some bugs.

   Security issue fixed:

   * CVE-2015-3456: Fixed a buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation,
     which could be used to denial of service attacks or potential code
     execution against the host.

   * CVE-2015-1779: Fixed insufficient resource limiting in the VNC
     websockets decoder.


   Bugs fixed:
   - qemu truncates vhd images in virt-rescue (bsc#886378)

   - Update kvm-supported.txt with the current rbd support status.

   - enable rbd build on x86_64 (qemu-block-rbd package) (FATE#318349)


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-12-2015-200=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-200=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      qemu-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-block-curl-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-debugsource-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-guest-agent-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-lang-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-tools-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64):

      qemu-kvm-2.0.2-46.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le):

      qemu-ppc-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-ppc-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):

      qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-46.1
      qemu-seabios-1.7.4-46.1
      qemu-sgabios-8-46.1
      qemu-vgabios-1.7.4-46.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):

      qemu-block-rbd-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-x86-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-x86-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x):

      qemu-s390-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-s390-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      qemu-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-block-curl-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-debugsource-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-kvm-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-tools-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-x86-2.0.2-46.1
      qemu-x86-debuginfo-2.0.2-46.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (noarch):

      qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-46.1
      qemu-seabios-1.7.4-46.1
      qemu-sgabios-8-46.1
      qemu-vgabios-1.7.4-46.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1779.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/886378
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/924018
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339

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