SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0435-1 Rating: important References: #1063993 #1079730 #1100408 #1101982 #1112646 #1114957 #1116717 #1117275 #1119493 #1121600 #1123156 #1123179 Cross-References: CVE-2018-16872 CVE-2018-18954 CVE-2018-19364 CVE-2018-19489 CVE-2019-6778 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now available.
Description:
This update for qemu fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2019-6778: Fixed a heap buffer overflow issue in the SLiRP networking implementation (bsc#1123156). - CVE-2018-16872: Fixed a host security vulnerability related to handling symlinks in usb-mtp (bsc#1119493). - CVE-2018-19489: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability in virtfs (bsc#1117275). - CVE-2018-19364: Fixed a use-after-free if the virtfs interface resulting in a denial of service (bsc#1116717). - CVE-2018-18954: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability related to PowerPC PowerNV memory operations (bsc#1114957).
Non-security issues fixed:
- Improved disk performance for qemu on xen (bsc#1100408). - Fixed xen offline migration (bsc#1079730, bsc#1101982, bsc#1063993). - Fixed pwrite64/pread64/write to return 0 over -1 for a zero length NULL buffer in qemu (bsc#1121600). - Use /bin/bash to echo value into sys fs for ksm control (bsc#1112646). - Return specification exception for unimplemented diag 308 subcodes rather than a hardware error (bsc#1123179).
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security 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 Server 12-SP4:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-435=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-435=1
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):