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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.0101
SUSE Security Update: Security update for kvm
9 January 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: kvm
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-2633
Reference: ASB-2018.0002.4
ESB-2018.0090
ESB-2017.1109
ESB-2017.1022
ESB-2017.1017
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180039-1/
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for kvm
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0039-1
Rating: important
References: #1026612 #1068032
Cross-References: CVE-2017-2633 CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update for kvm fixes the following issues:
A security flaw mitigation has been applied:
- CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and
CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling
branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032)
Also a security fix has been applied:
- CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc
infrastructure (bsc#1026612)
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-SP3-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kvm-13397=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch sleposp3-kvm-13397=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
kvm-1.4.2-53.14.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586):
kvm-1.4.2-53.14.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2633.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1026612
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
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