[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0943-1: important: Security update for KVM

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for KVM

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0943-1

Rating: important

References: #834196 #929339

Cross-References: CVE-2015-3456

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata

is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

KVM was updated to fix the following issues:

 

* CVE-2015-3456: A buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation,

which could be used to carry out denial of service attacks or

potential code execution against the host. This vulnerability is

also known as VENOM.

* Validate VMDK4 version field so we don't process versions we know

nothing about. (bsc#834196)

 

Security Issues:

 

* CVE-2015-3456

 

 

 

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 SP2 LTSS:

 

zypper in -t patch slessp2-kvm=10682

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 x86_64):

 

kvm-0.15.1-0.29.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/834196

https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339

https://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=8fa4cd2e0df2fbbbef8a56f2725a253f

 

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