SUSE Security Update: Security update for KVM ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2011:0806-1 Rating: critical References: #626654 #695766 #698237 #701161 #702823 Cross-References: CVE-2011-2212 CVE-2011-2512 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available. It includes one version update. Description: A privileged guest user could cause a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem of the host, therefore crashing the guest or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host (CVE-2011-2212, CVE-2011-2512). Security Issue references: * CVE-2011-2212 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2212

* CVE-2011-2512 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2512

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 SP1: zypper in -t patch slessp1-kvm-4814 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-kvm-4814 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.12.5]: kvm-0.12.5-1.16.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.12.5]: kvm-0.12.5-1.16.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2212.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2512.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/626654 https://bugzilla.novell.com/695766 https://bugzilla.novell.com/698237 https://bugzilla.novell.com/701161 https://bugzilla.novell.com/702823 http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f5cdea8ccfe78b8840fa5072b0... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org