[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2018:0039-1: important: Security update for kvm
SUSE Security Update: Security update for kvm ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org
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